The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-01

first married, became 80 affected over the
recollection Of their lost happiness that
they commenced crying, the Judge follow
ed suit, the audience Joined in, and hand-
kerchiels were in general demand. The
Judge when they had all got through cry
ing, suggested to the husband md wife
the propriaty Of trying to live happily
together once more. Aiter consultation
they concluded TO try II again, and the
case WIS thus ended.
Professor Agassiz has been seriously
lila consequence Of nervous prostratlon
and overwork. His physician prescriOes
absolute rest, consequently there will pro-
badly lie no public lectures from him for
some time.
"A correspondent Of the London Tines
at Rome says that II Is Often impossible 10
ascertain tie substance Of the addresses
made in the ECumenical Council, or even
to learn on which side they are delivered.
"With the closest attention an italian has
great difficulty in understanding Greek
or u Spaniard speaking Latin. In that
vast hall seven hundred Fathers can do
little else than listen to the rolling echoes,
and ask, what are the wild waves say
ingg' As much sense could be made out
Of storm at sea. 5.
"A young lady III Chicago made bet
ofa kiss tho other day, but the bet was
declared null because she didn't put up
the stakes.
"A cOlorcd man few days since at
tempted 10 steal u ride OH u train on the
railroad between Washington and Balti-
more, by lying on tho truck, face down
ward, with his feet resting against the
break of the car. He had "lcad- headGdN
1t in this perllOus condition for nearly
eighteen miles before being discovered.
The curiouAdiscovery has been made
by an English surgeon that monkeys can
not be poisoned with stryChninC, They
seem to eat all kinds Of poison with imp,-
nifty. Monkeys, then, arc slightly differ
cnt from men! rl# go"
Corn Smelling is now done for the
Illinois farmers by persons who travel
from farm to firm with machine. The
usual charge is two cents per buslicl and
board for use Of shelter, ono team, tlnl
two men, the farmer finding one team and
three to four hands. Six 10 eight hun.
dred bushels is q days work.
Are our poets wealthy, and Is II the
gilt Of pOCSy that has brought them gold
as well US fame! What "tIey say Is not
always TO DO relied upon, but Bryant Is
rcputcd worth $500 900, made chiefly not
by poetry, but by Journalism. LOngtel.
low Is estimated ut 100000, the gin Of
his iather.in-law, Nathan Appleton, be-
sides the very considerable profit Of his
poems; Holmes Is rated at 100000 he.
reditary property, increased by lccturing
and literature; Whittier Is worth $4,000,
Inherited and earned by his popular pen;
SAKE Is rcputcd worth $4,000, inherited
and earned in law, lccturlng, and literl.
turc; Lowell Is said 10 be worth $50, 900 or
$40, 200, hereditary and acquired in his
proiGssorship in Harvard College. +.
The New York Tribune says: "Pa.
rental discipline, as It Is called Is, in nine
cases out Of ten, merely the ebullluon Of
uncontrolled passion. The ththcr hogs,
not because he would reform the child,
but because hogging is just then the pleas
ATTEST thing for him TO do"
"A resident of Topeka, KansAs, march
cd witha brass band to visit tho State
Legislature, by way Of celebrating his
lundrcdtll birthday. y
Tho defenders Of corporal punish.
mennt4inr Boston say that "a switch in
time saves nine" m"
The daily expenses attendant upon
the Ecumenical Council, In Rome, average
about q, 900 in gold.