The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-07
All Sorts.

bishop Creighton will lie euthroned
as bishop of London on ST. Paurs day,
January 25th.
There are nearly n quarter of n million
more men than women in Australia. and
in New Zealand also women are I'm a
minority.
~ North sea cOdlisher carries set of
lines 700 fathomS in length, and having
the amazing number of 1850 hooks.
every one Of which must be baited.
The wives of SiameSe noblemcn cut
their hair so that ii sticks straight up
from their heads. The average length
;of it is about an inch and half
Miss Ethel Nordhoff. Il daughter of
Charles NOrdhoff. the journalist has
chosen DOokbndng rs Il trade. and has
London.
Converse, Ind. has the most string
ent curfew law. 1t forbds all persons
under IL years of age from being on
the streets alone after o'clock in the
evening during the months from Sep
temher la April. anu after o'clock the
rest of the year.
One of the honors Of London dinner
party ~ which Sir Henry Irving. MIR
Wyndham. ana other actors of note
were present was Sir Francis Lock-
woods remark that actors are the
most popular people in the realm. with
the single exception of professional
Jockeys"
AT Dolhain, on the Belgian frontier
towards Germany. the whole population
went 10 the railroad station recently to
moot the Count of Flanders. with his
son, Prince Albert. and his son-in-law
the Duke of Nendome. because the
count had employed Germans on his
estate near by
The Arkansas State Burning Board
had big bonfire the other day in the
rear of the State Trcasurer's office.
Nearly $o.OO0000 of the cancelled bonds,
with coupons attached amounting to
nearly as much. all of which had been
redeemed BY the State, were scheduled
and burned.
one OF the most influential of the
rebels in the Philippine islands. Juan
Luna Noricis is n painter well known
in Madrid Rome and Paris. He is n
Malay by birth. and went when a youth
to Spain, where he studied art to such
purpose that he won a scholarship that
enabled him TO prosecute his studies in
Rome.
The Rev. James Il. Quigley. the Ro-
man catholic bishop-dcsgnate of Buff
falo, was born in Oshawa, Canada. i'm
1855. He was graduated from the Col
iege of the Propaganda, in Rome, in
1879. lie has spent a good part of his
ministerial life I'm Buffalo. where he has
gained the respect of the people gene
rally.
After having n number of articles ac-
cepted by Eastern magazines. Will y.
HARLEM. the Southern story writer
wrote TO the editor of one to ask why
nothing of his was published. The edi-
tors answer was: There is n conspirn-
cy here to hold your articles until YOU
are dead, as they would naturally have
greater interest then. How is your
health?"
a man who escaped from the jail at
Anderson. Ind. the other night. adopted
n novel method To break the seen; of
the bloodhounds which were put on his
tracks. One OF the dogs tracked his
man To farm house north OF the city.
Here stranger had stopped and beg
ged breakfast. He had stolen n pepper
box and had pcppercd his tracks after
leaving the house. The dogs almost
died and had to he called off
There has lately been much specula
ton regarding the origin of the word
up. The truth is that in an old Eng
llsh tavern receptacle for small coin
was fixed In a conspicuous place. over
which appeared in writing: ITO insure
promptness." Whatever was placed i'm
the box was divided among the servants
Other taverns followed the example.
and soon the words were abbreviated to
"T. /. p"