The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-01
PERSONS AND THINGS.

spa, what is a Legislaturef "a Leg.
islature, my son, Is 8 body elected BY the
sovereign people.n aBut what Is q Leg
islSturr for, pap 70, my boy, itS % Kill
timo-only to kill timo.1-Esesangs.
A curious candle used in Alaskai5 q
a.h eight inches long, almost transparent
and very fat, the iat being pure white and
very sweet The Indians dry this ash,
then lightitat the tail, and it burns with
q clear, sparkling almo, which tho wind
will not extinguish.
There arc 10000 miles Of Telegraph
wire in the United States and Q $50 ofices,
or one mile Of line to every thirty.six
square miles Of area. England has 70, 900
miles Of line and 5000 Offices, or one mile
Of line to every one and a half miles Of
area. Russia has 81, 800 miles Of line and
900 Offices, or one mile OF line to every
$50 square miles Of area.
The late Pope left two wills. In the
frat he leaves an annual sum Of 100000
francs to his successor for the expenses Of
the Holy See and an annual allowance
for the attendants Of the former pontidcal
administration. In the second will the
testator, speaking as a private person,
makes his nephews his heirs, and leaves
am nm frarca IN he diatrihuted among the
poor Of Rome.
The practice Of advertising a little now
and then may be Of some benefit, but, as
contemporary remarks, ut Is only q
drop in the bucket compared with q
standing advertisement in the columns Of
an influential and respectable newspa-
PERI All the prosperous business men
Of to-day, who have made their money
legitimately, have done 1t by steady, per-
sistent advertising.
A gentleman saw his little daughter
dipping her dolls dress into tin cup
and Inquired: "What are you doing, my
daughterlp "I'm coloring my dolls dress
red.H "with what2" "With beer"
aWhat put that foolish notion into your
head You can't color red with beer"
eyes can, pa, because ma said 1t was
beer that made your nose so red" That
man had business which required him
down town Immediately.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg told re-
porter in 81. Louis last Saturday: @You
may say, II you please, that there never
will DO any truth in any reported en-.
gagement Of Miss Clara Louise Kellogg
to marry anybody. l am in love with
myself, and i do not think / shall ever
get married." She continued: 81 have
one noble ambition which ! intend to ac-
compllsh before die, II possible, and
that il the establishment In New York Of
Conservatory Of Music TO which young
American girls can 60 TO have their
voices tried and passed upon, and II found
worthy, at which they can receive mu.
steal education without having to go
abroad for It,"
Boston has quite an elephant on It's
hands in the shape Of the Benjamin
Franklin fund, which is the accumula.
ton Of $1,000, left by the philosopher in
1850 for the purpose Of furnishing loans
to young mechanics. Franklin reckoned
that in 100 years the fund would amount
to about s65O,0oO, Of which s5O0,oOo
should then go to the city for public i'm
provements, and the remaining $4,000
be invested in the same way for another
100 years. The sum has now amounted
to over 100000, but for various reasons
the young mechanics don't avail them.
selves Of 1t, and the trustees are puzzling
their brains to devise some means by
which the intentions Of the testator can
be carried out and the fund kept from ~
ing idle.