The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-02-06

| SiitH naS population or 1860, 900 Of
wh;ch number 11.O0O,o0o cannot read or
| wiite.
| ouda never shakes hands. She de-
/ ciareS 1t 10 be the most vulgar form OF
! salutation a
y grape hacket factory at Willoughby,
| g.. turns out Is, 600 baskets day, from
| 1--WE machines.
There are $40 prisons in -Asiat!c and
! Lurnpean Russia, with The total number
OF l00Jl3 prisoners.
| The date, which has been successfully
| cultivated in Arizona, need little water.
ana viii thrive where the cac,i grow
Egbert Il. Carr editor and publisher
Of the Marlborough (Ulster county. New
| York; Record" has just completed his
slStieth year OF newspaper work
The distinguished Berlin astronomer,
Professor DR.. Arthur Auwers, has re-
cetved from the German Emperor a gold
medal for his services 60 science.
In Greece, teachers contribute S per
cent. on the salaries. and the State finds
the remainder, IN order to superannuate
teachers after twenty-one years Of ser
vice. regardless of age.
In the last twenty years the Southern
| States have expended SS0.000000 for ne
gro schools. says the Montgomery (Ala)
Advertiser. and nearly, every dollar was
furnished by the white people
| II is said that the orange crop in some
parts or Spain. the present season, has
been sonnet hing enormous. Valencia
oranges were never SO plentiful in Eng
land, where they are chiefly consumed
| .
The Island of the Manhattoes sent
beaver skins TO Europe soon after Queen
Elizabeth died. III 1926 only one year
after the death of the first King James,
a permanent town was established upon
| 1t.
| In Canton. China, they name streets
after the virtues, rs here they are named
| after persons. Thus there Is a street
| called Unhlemished Recitude, Pure
| and another Of Love.
! IT IS Il singular fact that while the
! primate of ali England stands next to
the, royal family in rank, his Wife re-
mains plain Mrs" and yields preced-
ence to the spouse OF every newly
knighted grocer or brewer.
| William T. Adams OLIVER Optic has
crossed the Atlantic twenty-one times
| and the Pacific once, and has visited
every country in Europe and many Of
those in Asia in search Of literary ma
terial for his STOKES. Of which over ,0OO,-
600 have been sold
The late Henry o. Houghton, the pub
Usher. aid that when in England he was
asked where he lived. Near Boston,"
lie replied. 'Ah! YOU probably know
some friends of mine who live near
1T r.,
Atlanta" was the reply.
A personal friend Of forty years
standing vOuchcs for the fact that as a
young man Matthew S. Quay was so
bashful he broke down in his first
speech TO a jury and couldn't be per-
suaded to Try again, Dreferring to quit
the law and engage in politics.
| When the Rev. T. j. Arnaud, the re-
Gently elected department. chaplain Of
the Grand Army of the Republic in New
York. entered the army he was but iif-
teen years old. He went out as q drum
mer boy. and studied for the ministry
when his term OF service was ended
In 1870 hte people Of the United States
| consumed per capita Ito pounds Of tea,
6 pounds of coffee. 81 gallons Of wine,
2.07 gallons Of distilled spirits and 5.3l
gallons OF beer. In 1895 they used 1.aS
pounds of tea, 922 pounds OF coffee, .28
gallons Of wine, liz gallons Of distilled
spirits. and 14.G5 gallons of beer.
| Americans arc fond Of guessing but
! that often they are wild gueSsers has
| been shown again III Portland, Ore. a
grocer put demijohn Of cranherries in
| his window and promised a big, fat
goose to the person that guessed nearest
| to the number Of them. Nearly 1000
I TNn