The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-10
GENERAL NOTES.

GENERAL NOTES.
"A young woman In Chicago has in
vented a new branch of female useful
ness. She advertises that she will "give
lessons In etiquette. and the way OF
conVersing with ladies, to any young
gentlemen who does not feel at ease in
the society of the opposite sex. Tuition
| to lovers, extra" She has been quite
successful, and makes speciality of
proposals in various forms.
"A boa constructor in Singapore has
swallowed a young lady who had on a
diamond necklace valued at fifteen
thousand dollars, and the natives are
hunting mp the snake.
The Georgia Senate, on Saturday,
refused to suspend the rules to act up
on the Suffrage amendment. In the
House, a resolution for a committee to
wait upon the Governor and ask If he
had officially received the amendment
was defeated.
Mrs. Grant could not be persuaded
to be present at the Inauguration of her
son. She objected to being stared at by
fifty thousand people and having her
appearance reported in the newspapers.
"A little school. girl in Norwich (Ct. }
gave as the definition of the word hap
py-"To feel as If you wanted to give all
your things to your little sister,;
Glue has recently been introduced
to the trade In the form of tough jelly,
and obtained simply by heating bones
with water, under steam pressure. The
merit of this form of glue consists in its
very low price, adapting it to many
branches OF manufacture. Although
there Is more water in this glue than
| in the ordinary form, 1t is yet much
more readily brought into a uniform
solution.
"A firm in Washington have a Jap
anese mermaid on exhibition. 1t is
about 16 inches in length, the body
bearing a close resemblance to the yell
low perch, excepting that a row of
bones appear down the back. At the
point where the gills of the fish should
appear two arms grow out. about 24 or
3 inches In length, at the end of which
are we'll defined hands, with long tai
| ons. The head is about the size of a
| walnut, very similar to the human
head, and attached to the body by an
exceedingly small neck.
John A. Keith, formerly in the Con-
federate army, now in jail at Raleigh,
N. c., is described by the London, N. c.,
Press, as "the monster of the Nine
tenth Century," He once shot Is men,
women and children, in cold blood,
after securing them as prisoners. Many
similar outrages in the Cumberland
district are also laid to his charge.
"A man named Kimball, who was
captured by the Indians in 1S4S, has
just made his appearance in st. Louis,
with a wife and one child. He has led
a genuine savage life for over 20 years.
His wife was also captive reared by
the Indians from childhood. He found
her in another tribe. Allshe knows of
English she has learned from her hus-
band.
Governor Geary had son born on
Tuesday of last week, and he has been
named John White Geary, after his
father. This is said to be the first son
that was ever born to a Governor in
Pennsylvania while he was in office.
There is great rejoicing in the Cover
nor's household.
"A writer In the Detroit Post says
that Lenten lunches are now all the
fashion in New York. These lunches are
generally given by a lady to a half dozen
| of her particular friends, DelmoniCO's
being the favorite place of entertain
ment, and it is high privilege for a
gentleman TO be admitted. a costly
one, too. At a recent lunch one gentle
man did the polite to eight ladies, pre-.
sentipg them each with an elegant bou-
quet Of flowers, and ordering the
choicest champagne (Sl0 per bottle) for
the entertainment.
"A newsboy, just arrived in Omaha,
is quite curiosity as a specimen of
Young America. He Is but ten years
old, and has made his way through
eleven States already. He travels, &C.
cording to his on words, on his cheek.
He rides on railroads for nothing, and
| eats at restaurants, ordering his meals
first, and looking for his money after
ward. He is now anxious for the
Pacific railroad to be opened through,
and proposes to strike for the Pacific.
The "Big Mound" at Alton, Illinois,
one OF the greatest curiosIties of all
American antiquities, has been swept
out of existence by the "march OF inn
provement." The pictured Plasa bird,
on the rocks near the mouth Of the
Missouri, mentioned by Jacques Mar
quette In 1773, has also disappeared, the
rocks being blasted for quarry pur-
poses. sa
In Chicago husbands are said to be
so fearful of divorce that they add to
their announcements of future move
ments the letters "W. P. }" which mean
"wife permitting"
Carl Schusz will remain one of the
owners of the st. Louis WeStlichc Post,
and will probably contribute articles to
1t now and then.
The other evening a minister in
Pittsburgh very innocently dropped his
sermon into the post Office, and carried
the letter to the church. The congrega-
| ton did not shed q tear.
The tea plant Is in successful cult
walton some ten miles from Knoxville,
on the farm of Captain Jas. Campbell,
where it has been grown for about ten
years. It Is said that East Tennessee
tea drinkers can easily raise their own
tea with very little cost or trouble. The
plant is deep evergreen shrub, and
grows about five feet high. 1t Is hardy,
and needs no protection from frosts. 1t
bears an abundant crop, with beautiful
fragrant flowers, in October. The fol-
lowing season it natures seed, some.
what resembling the seed OF our native
hazel, and grows up readily. The vtgor
and hardness OF this plant, and its
adaptation to the climate, have been
tested. The tea produced from the
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