The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-18
VARIETIES.

Tho Dayton Journal says: David
Cover, aged about thirty years, and
measuring only tiUeilty, eight INCHES in
height, died In Butler township the
other day. He was an estimable gem
lleman, OF moreathan average intelll-
gence, and OF very actiSe habits.
when RothsohiId heard that the
head of The Agnade family WAS dead.
blow much does he lesve3n he asked.
NTyentY millions.n lsYon mean eigh.
typ mo, twenty.p "Dear mel
thought he was in easy circumstances"
The Army and Navy Journal tells a
story of one Of Sherman's soldiers who,
at the close of the war, when he return
ed home, never was able TO accusiom
himselftoihe soft luxury of a feather
bed, and had to stretch himself, II he
would sleep at all, on mother earth.
Que night chance pistol shot woke
the veteran, when he instantly turned
over and began to intrsnch himself,
scratching up the ground with his
hands.
There Is q post Office clerk at Co
iumbas, Ga, who. according to the San
ofIhat city, deems IL his fright and
duty, in meslike the present, to open
~nd examine the correspondence of
parties who, In his Judgment, are dis
loyal" 800, - 10 80
-Somebody met Gen. Henry A. Wise
in Richmond on Tuesday morning, and
inquired; General, have You voted
YET? Z" mo" We'll, ! suppose you
intend to vote early aud often" mo,
cir; wouidn'ttonchei either one OF theIr
id parIles." aH
Tie discussions now going on about
railway safety bring to mind Punch'S
prescription for preventing railway ac-
cidents. Il was as follows: Tie direc-
tor OF the company in front OF every
locomotive drawing a passenger train.
III collisions should happen under this
PLAN the directors on the colliding loco.
motives would be personally liable.
The researches or Heimholtz, the
6istfns pushed German physiologist,
show that the nervous fluid OF wave,
whatever It may be, travels at the rate
of g7.l feet per second. If, then, a man
six feet high were to step on a nall, il
would take a lille less than an eighth
OF n second for the information to be
carried by the aensor nerves TO the
brain, and for the order that the foot be
lined TO be returned by the moter nerve
70 the suffering member.
"A Paris paper, the Horoscope, gives
rules for nSW art OF reading Ihe char
acter OF a person by his style of laugh.
ing. We are told that MA, hA" IndI-
Gates that the laughter Is frank, tickle,
fond of noise, and nervous. PhlegmAtic
and melancholy people laugh thus:
"He, he, he" When you hear a man
laugh "Ho, ho,n IL betokens generous
sentiments, and hrmness In his actions,
but, Il Is added, beware of woman
who uses this vowel in her laughing.
HE, he, hen Il the laugh Of children
and innocent persons, and denotes
nRture pliable, devoted. bat timid ana
trresoluts. Blondes alao laugh thus,
but we are warned that such are noFRli
inuoeent. Avoid like tue plague all
who laugh "hu; hu.p They are avari-
etous, hypocritieal, nlisanIhFoptc, and
take pleasure In nothing.
S-She Washington Star says: .'ATr.
Cotiax was always popular, but he is
Immensely so since the election. Every
body wants 10 take him by the hans. 10
hold him by the hand, aud 10 shake
MN by The hand some more. Some OF
en tiled 70 get him npIn n corner. per-
Hepstotalk to hAna about thar little PoSf-
!nSstershiP: but he - much too smart
say In open meeting These SVho yssr-,
yalIng lneir turnJO take him by the
hano formed a circle, with their hats
ous and speatned on him n .CSnFi bIsss
you sort OF look That was tonchinss ana
convInulDg.l, sss - s.'s :. SO! aAie
"a small child being aslSed ~ -
Sunday School 1ea1her3 .,SNYhRt did M
. Israell6es do after they had crossed re
Red Sea - ansys cred, II don't know
Inaaai1. bnt guess they dried them.
"A Mrs. Tucker Of. Georgia, who
has written life OF Brick PoEneroy
makes this singular statements aHts
ears are large, and Indicate the Demo.
cratic element OF chRracfer.n