The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-11
THE NEWS,

islhmus.
The Duke de Chartres, who served
as one Of McClsllan's aldes.de camp In
this country, Ia writing 0 book called
The Battle Fields on the Banks Of the
Rhine He attempts 10 prove that Il
would be impossible for France, In her
present condition, to stand any chance
Of success In q war with Prussia,
-Latest accounts from the Rhine 90
70 tue state OF the vineyards are on the
whole favorable. The blossom, though
full, was light on account OF the cold.
ness 10 June, but the subsequent warm
weather has produced q good effect.
The grapes are beginning 10 form, and
. fair Yield may be expected.
"A UniversalIst minister was mem.
Der OF the last Ohio Legislature, and
who wishes 10 20 again, receives the
following notice from q local paper:
Politically, he Is dead to all eternity.
Clever man, though, and nelghborly;
but as o politician, he scatters RWiully,
He's too wide at the muzzle.'
"A Tennesseean has invented MAJ
chine for cleaning cotton, which takes
the balls Just as they are gathered and
converts them, by single process, into
. ribbon Of spun cotton, composed OF
hlaments laid parallel to one another,
and In much better condition than cot
ton prepared Ia the old fashioned way.
"A boy at Lake Station, Miss, who
was flying large kite, the cord Of
which be had imprudently wound
about his body, was carried In q sud.
den gust about hundred feet into the
air, and was leaving the earth at a
rapid rate when friendly tree Inter.
posed lis branches, and be was rescued
In somewhat bruised condition.
In the city OF London there lisa
church known by the name OF ST, Judas
lscarlot. II was established about ten
years ago, and Is described 40 a sort OF
halfway house between the Church OF
ChEiat and tue cave Of Giant Despair,
They have nothing In the shape OF q
creed, priest, or n sect, making con-
science, and not the bible, the supreme
authority.
There are said 10 be In the United
States total OF six million two hun.
dred thousand members Of evangelical
churches, Including one hundred thou.
sand Quakere. II we reckon three
persons 10 each cburchmember, which
Is q low estimate, there will be about
nineteen millions OF our population
directly and Indirectly connected with
the evangelical churches. The Roman
Catholic population is reckoned 1t I've
millions.
"A Norfolk paper speaks Of the great
numbers OF colored people who enjoy
the pleasure OF travel on the railroads
and steamboats, running over the soil
and out OF the ports OF the Old DomIn-
ion. Ten years ago a colored man, Wo.
man, or child. free or slave, could not
leave the Old Dominion without pass
and security from an owner OF real ca.
tate. Now their freedom not only adds
TO Ihelr own health and prosperity, but
swells the revenue ofthe superior race
1t Is stated that the thick tough SAP
found IN large quantities In the leaves
OF New ZEALAND fax may be converted
into gum for sealing envelopes, W hIch,
when dry, unites the surfaces OF paper
30 thoroughly that no process Of Steam.
Ing or soaking will permit them 10 be
separated again. For this reason IL ia
now being used In large quantities 10
England, In the preparation OF what
are called safety envelopes"
-Dellrium tremens Ia Renerally ann.
posed TO be conbned exclusively 10 ex-
cesslVe consumers OF ardent spirits.
Cases are not wanting, however, to
snow that light wines and tobacco,
When used immediately, will occasion
the disease. In 81. Louis Michael Wi.
gand, aged thirty-three. died OF apo
ple4y, after suffering from the usual
symptoms OF delirlum tremenF, and
axe Is supposed TO have been the direct
cause Of his death.
1t is related Of the witty Dominican
monk Bocco, that he had a great dis.
like 10 tobacco, and when once preach.
Ing to crowd Of Spanish sailors he
asEonished them by telling them that
there were no Spanish saints 10 heaven,
A Few, he said, had been admitted, but
lhey smoked 80 many cigars that they
made The Holy Virgin sick, and ST,
Peter set MS wits TO work to get them
out. AT length he proclaimed that a
Dull night was TO be held outside the
gates OF Paradise. Thereupon every
spanish saint, without exception, ran
OF to see the tight, and VI. Peter lmme.
diately closed the gate and took care
never 10 admit another Spaniard,
Lord Taunton, who took an active
part In the recent debates In the House
Of Peers, died suddenly on the 18th Of
July, though be was only In his ri
year, and consequently one of the
youngest OF the leading members of
the venerable chamber, He was beat
known under the name Of Laboucherc.
and was for many years a member Of
the commons, Rnd occupied at yarIous
times many Important official positions.
DE was largely interested in the com
mercial fortunes OF the BarInus. with
Whom ne was connected by birth and
marriage. he travelled In this country
years ago In company with The thef,
LORD Stanley, the present Lord Derby.
and the London Times saws that bofh
oy material interests and by sympathy
he was largely connected with America.
"A traveller in Paris, having occasion
for hair cutter, sent for one, Al The
appointed time an elegantly attired
person arrived, and the gentleman AT
uo~n before his dressing case to prepare
for the operation. The man walked
round MS Client once or twice. and
hnally taking his stand ut some dIs:
lance, attentively sorutInizsd the gen.
t!emAn'S lace with the air OF connois-
seur lookluR at n picture, 'WelI,I said
the traveller impaIlently, when are YOU
going 10 6egin?' Pardon ne, sIr,' Was
the polite reply: 4 am not the oper ator.
but the physiognomIstr 'AdolphpJ he
cried out, and u sleeved and aproned
barber entered from the hail, "a Ia Wiz.
gil" With this lncOnIc direction as to
the mode after which the Rentlem ana
nalr was TO be arranged, The artist ra :.
tired. "'''''
Notice has bsen posted at Llovd,a
~ reIerence TO the missing steamers
United Kingdom and Cheduba callIng
upon The underwriters 10 settle theiP
Liabilities OF Insurance, no doubt being
now entertained that thew must have
lounGeFed With all on board, The Uni.
TED Kingdom was one Of the lines of
packets trading between New York
and Glasgow. She left the former port
On April l9!h, and has never sinos been
seen. The Cheduba belonged to the
BdIlsh Bombay Steam Navigation
Company. She left Bombay for ia.
COON on the 18th Of May, Is supposed
10 have encountered u heavy cyclone
Two days afterwards, and must have
been engulphed In IL, for nothing mas
since Oeeu heard or seen OF her. The
notice also embraced two other mlssIne
snips. Tbs humber Of people lost IA
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