The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-28
VARIETIES.

dignity.-Vohaire
AS people grow old their ideal woman
becomes one who is O good nurse
Atchison Globe
The announcement of the death of
Maxine Gomez is less frequent OF late
me joke appears to be about played out
Boston Herald
The largest bronze casting ever made
in America is the buffalo's head which
hangs at the eastern entrance OF the
Union Pacific bridge, between Omaha
and Council Bluffs
When British family moves from one
house 10 another it is customary
to rake all the fire from the hearth of the
Old domicsle and carry 1t in a closed pot
to the new residence.
William l.. Clough. a business man of
Springfield. Mass, received a bottle of
wine from an unknown source: 1t was
turned over to chemist, who found It
heavily charged with strychnine.
1;ais year the Martini-Henry rifle will
be used for the last time at the shooting
Tor The Queens prize at B.sley Though
the money value of many of the prizes
mas been reduced. over $50. 900 Will be dis
tributed in the competitions.
Six-year-old Willie Wilmes had a mi
raculous escape from death in Chicago.
where Tor over two miles he was dragged
IN perlous position by runaway
horse. Tine c!rild's body rested across the
front axle of u buggy between tn =
shafts and front wheels.
the rapid manner in which certain
modern churns convert cream into but
ter is one OF the wonders of the dairying
age Butter can now be made while
the breakfast table Is being laid. five
or SIX minutes being all the time needed
TO churn. while In five or six more min
utes the butter can be made IN and
brought to the table
DR.. Jamesons goods and chattels cap
tured during the recent raid were sold
one morning lately on the Market
square or johannesburg. There was q
large attendance of Dutch farmers and
nlgh prices We're obtained Jameson's
double-seated spider was sold for f34
while number of mules fetched prices
ranging from els to 1925.
The late Judge Fain of Atlanta. was
curious example of exceeding thrift
carried almost to the verge of mono
mania In his desks after his death
We're round all the ink bottles he had
ever used-hundreds of them-and sew
eral thousand of WORKOUT pens. and
large bundles of envelopes which had
been sent through the mails and were
wholly useless
The number Of mountain RAILWAYS in
me world In 1895 was as follows: Swift
zerland, II; Germany, IA. Austria IN
triouted between Spain, Portugal. Greece
ana Madeira. In Asia there were three
one IN Sumaira, one in Japan and one
IN syria In North America there were
e IN Central American one, and in
South America four
Inc 2-yeaF-old daughter of NJ. j. Pres
ton. of Worcester, y. Y, fell he adloin,
from second-story window few DAYS
ago turned Il somerSaut and landed on
the stone pavement, sixteen feet below
IN sitting posture. Rushing down. ex,
pecting TO find her child dead. the
mother found the youngs.er uninjured
chewing gum which she had I'm her
mouth at she time she fell
"A According toi the Cripple Creek Journal
me me record in Cripple Creek mining has
peen broken. Assays from a pay streak
or ore opened few days ago showed The
magnificent sum of $4,000 per ton in
gold. This tends 20 show that the An
chors. IL hhe leases were consoIide+a5
would equal in Importance the Indenen,
dence or Portland. The actual ASSAY
return is 1920 ounces in gold at 500
s64. $50 Wv