The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-07
rRRsONs AND THINGS.

%rERsONs AND THINGS.
I'll 81 rs
Bostoas total valuation Is 1851, O00..
Ooo,a shrinkase Of SIS, OOO, 900 from last
years. valuation. The rate Of taxation
Will Be : few eeats les than sls on 81 900
sgainst SlS 10; on 81 600 last year.
A bill for POS suppers was presented to
young man in Port Austin, Mich, by q
father whose daughter had been courted
for four years. BY the young man ADd then
deserted. He always in time for Tea
zach Sunday .nightofthst term. ,.----e-zss.'
A littlsboy ran away from home, and
while enjoying himself iriorbidden fields,
thunder storm came up, and 1t began to
hail. His guilty conscience needed no
aceussr.i Burning home, he burst into
the presence Of his astonished mother,
eIelaiming breathlessly :, "Ma, ma, Gods
ffoWing st6hes Il mel" ~ 10 = Va -''''
A Washington young woman aWOke
from her aleep with a. confused sense Of
somebody standing over her. She reach,
ed oft het hands, which fell Oh TIL, head
Of burly negro burglar. She clutched
the wool firmly and shouted, Somebody
come here quick" The male msmbers Of
the family rushed in Just as the strength
Of the young girl gave way, and the bur.
glar escaped. 81 si a3-5 ss!-s ,arasr
Fourteen months ago good looking
Irish girl, seventeen years old, went to
Queensland, where she obtained situa-
ton "a barmaid. She received a letter
from her mother begging her to return
home, aud enclosing money to pay her
passage. With this she bought mems
clothes and obtained situation as second
steward on steamer making trips be-
tween Newcastle and Sydney. She re-
manned on this vessel two or three
months, and then thought she would like
to 20 to England, and that she mighras
we'll work her passage over as pay for it.
She obtained 4 situation on board the
strathdon, y ship plying between Sydney
and London. The new hand did duty
well ind became q iayorite with the ships
company, but her sex was discovered.
B6stoniaus have discovered why trees
will not grow and flourish 10 parts Of
the Common and on some, Of the avenues,
Several trees, the Boston Adrztitsr says,
"did not lsaf, out,in the Spring, aud it
could not be known certainly what killed
them, but now three or four Of the large
elms have begun 10 die, and show by
their scorched leaves what the real
trouble Is. Street sweepings, pungent
and odoroas, lie about the trees and over
the south slope Of the bill to The depth
Of several feet, So destructive. Is the
covering that plants cannot possibly live
In il; even weeds, refuse to grow. The
coating Of clayey gravel is powerless to
remedy the evil The immediate reno
val Of the nisterial put on last Fall to
raise the grade is absolutely necessary"
The sardine fisheries have supported
| many families for generations. The chief
supply originally camefrom of Sardinia,
whence they take their name, but for 4
long time they we're mainly caught on
the coast Of Brittany. sardines are un-
usually abubdanti in French waters this
season, and the catch will be larger than
In. any previous year. A, sardine fleet
consists Of vessels from eight to ten tons
each, with a crew ofirom six to twelve
persons, and goes six to nine miles from
land. The bait, consisting Of eggs and
6sh, cut up, is scattered on the wafer. The
sardines are taken with gill nets. A few
are sailed on board, but the bulk are car.
ried on shore. Their heads rare cut of,
and they are well washed and sprinkled
with salt. After drying, they are ar
ranged In frames in almost perpendicular
rows, and immersed again, and again in
the best boiling olive oil. When sufici.
emily cured they, are packed in the small
tin boxes by women and children, after
which men fill the boxes up with fresh
oil and solder them tight. The work Ia
not complete, however, for before ct for
the table the fsh require cooking. To
this end they are placed in covered
kettle and boiled for hall an hour to an
hour, according to their size. After dry
ing, labelling, and placing in wooden
cases they are ready for shipment. The
American sardine, or menhaden, "a taken
in large quantities on the COAT Of New
Jersey, and put upin oil. Ia ao.-'.,..