The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-03-16
VARIETY.

in Jackson county, West Virginia,
thereis q spring strongly impregnated
with arsenic. For some years past Its
owner has been compelled TO keep o fence
around 1t, to prevent the cattle from drink
ing the water and poisoning themselves.
1t has just been decided by Maine
debating society, that no woman should
talk about rights" until she can show
clean and healthy baby.
The peach prospect in Delaware was
never better than at present, promising an
abundant yield of fruit, the continued cold
weather having kept the binds from swell.
ing. @ ..
"A lady teacher in one Of the public
schools Of q town in Wisconsin has laid
aside her ferule and adopted the method
Of kissing her pupils into obedience. The
larger bOys,it Is said, are particularly un-
Tuly, and require daily correction. t..
"A correspondent wants To- know why
Louis Napoleon is called Xerhuel. The
reason Is that he Is the son Of Admiral
Verhuel, q Dutch naval officer. This is a
fact well known In Europe. He has not O
drop Of BonRparte blood in his veins, and
his pretension to be Bonaparte is an i'm
posture.
Here is a hint for American firemen
which they should ponder and act upon
"The London fire brigade IS as particular
to preyent damage by water as by fire,
and in 1870 used IN average Of only 5000
gallons of water in extinguishiDg each Of
276 serious, and 1910 slight fires" It often
happens here that the damage caused by
q deluge of water in o building Is almost
as disastrous as its entire destruction
would be.
y 1t svery hard 10 tell which pays the
best in this country, to work hard or TO
do nothing, as that large class who do
little or nothing but hang round the stores
and street corners seem to get better
living than those who work hard.
"A railroad, with three.fo0t gauge,
is in operation between Akron and Mas
sillon, Ohio. Another similar road Is pro-
jected in the same State. The right Of
way is fifteen feet, instead OF forty, the
usual width, and locomotives are to weigh
five tons, instead Of thirty, and to be ca
pablo OF drawing from ten to twenty load
ed freight cars, each Of two and q half
tons capacity. A passenger car on this
road will hold twenty people.
"A newspaper can drop the same
thought into q Thousand minds at the same
moment. A newspaper Is an adviser,
who does not require to be sought, but
comes to you briefly every day Of com
mon veal, without dlstracting your pri- |
yate affairs. Newspapers, therefore, be-
come more necessary in proportion as |
men become moro equal individuals and |
more to be lcared.-De zocQuerile.
Immense snow banks arc still visible
in the streets Of Chicago. The effects of
tho last severe snow storm.
Recent slcet storms in the southern
portion of Iowa, it Is reported, have do
Stroycd the prospect, for peaches and
cherries the coming season. ...
"A farmer digging a well near Bata.
via Jefferson cOnunty, Iowa, found q
piece Of gold quartz as large as q hickory
nut, Of adepth Of forty.six ieet,
Springfield, O., having caught
live burglar last. week. tho "Republic"
gravely proposes q torchlight procession
and salute oI one hundred guns in honor
Ofthe event. .