The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-06
Random Mention.

me number of newspapers published in
Japan during 1895 was T92 and the num-
Der OF copies printed 24l,000, 0OO Some
papers are published in English and
Japanese. Most political papers do not
succeed, owing to the strict laws and
numerous fines
Women in Canada will soon practice
law as bawistcrs. The Ontario Law
School some time ago passed rules TO
this effect, with the following regula-
lions as to dress: They must be bare
headed, wear black gowns over q black
dress. and white collars and cuffs
The City Missionary Society OF Bos-
ton has been In existence eight years,
and in that time has collected for the
poor Sl,2lS,620 For many years Rev.
Daniel w. Waldron has been it's efficient
secretary, and last year twenty-three
missionaries were employed.
Frances T.. l3rant left her school IN
Ohio twelve years ago. and invested the
money she had earned as a teacher in
la Kansas farm. Today She owns $500
acres OF good land. For six years she
has been Il preacher, and for two years
the pastor Of the Universalist church al
Kan.
what Is said to be the largest granite
block ever transported by railroad Is
now on It's way from The Uunrries In
Barre, VI, for New Orleans. 1t is to be
part OF 4 monument 10 be erected in the
Netairc cemetery. The stone is four
teen by fourteen by three feet, and
weighs $4,000 pounds.
Russa's penal statistics. just publish
ed al ST. Petersburg, show that in the
dominion Of the Car the women Grim
.1nalS outnumher the men by nearly iif-
IiS per cent, just the contrary being the
case in other countries. Most OF the wo-
men criminals are unmarried, and the
majority come from the laboring classes
in the cities.
y great immigration movement Of
Russian Hebrews from the Nistula pro-
rlnccs to Africa is taking place at the
present moment. The increment has
reached such proportions in several dis
tFlcts OF these provinces that the He
brew male population IS greatly tiimin-
ished. and business in the shops is prin-
CiDally carried on by women.
The sugar planters OF Southern Louis
vile are contributing m0lasses for the
relief of the sufferers from the drouth,
that they may sweeten their oatmeal
herewith, and the New Orleans Times
Democrat says That it is providing Il
paiatah!e addition 10 the very slim die,
which thousands OF persons in North
Louisiana viii have 10 be satisfied with
this winter
The colored Catholics Of this country
now number 100000 have two priets OF
their own race, with thirty young ne
grocs preparing for the ministry, three
converts and about two hundred sisters
IN various communities. The state hav-
ing the largest Catholic population is
LOUISIANA, $4,000 negroes processing the
iatth; and Maryland comes next, with
over $4,000
The smallest Inhabited island in the
world Is that on which the E.ddystonc
Lighthouse stands. At low water il is
thirty feet in diameter: at high water
me lighthouse, whose diameter AT the
base IS twcnty-eight and three-quarter
feet, completely covers it. 1t is nhab-
tied by three persons. It lies nine miles
off the Cornish coast and fourtc cen miles
Southwest of Plymouth Brcakwatcr.
y bet was recently made in Paris that
an expert could not cut up 1000 sand
WicheS within ,Wenty-four hours, he
amount OF the wager, 1900 francs, to go
TO the expert, If successful and the
sandwiches 10 be distributed among the
hospitals Of Paris. The person selected
was woman employed in one OF the
cafes She completed the task in nine
teen hours and forty minutes cutting
up tWenty-four hams for the purpose