Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-28
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Navajo Indians, in New Mexico,nov
sheep. -.
hire Of an Indian harvest hand in
da is 81 day.
beland, n. J., will be twenty-five years
1. b August s.
banner at Dutch Neck, n. ]. has found
rel Of eggs in a hens nest. He could
Ell them, however.
h brsndy, native, costs 81 gallon de-
s.. "a in New York, so that brandy sold
IS can hardly be genuine.
little Alabama girl saw fog for the
Time. Come, mamma, and see the
IS. .ll crammed down to the ground, she
N bltterest Mohammedan curse IS:
yCu wear q chimney pot hat The
A Of such hat prevents the touching OF
ssrlh with the forehead when in
B.
u value Of the poultry product OF
"a kyics, which finds q market entirely at
!, was in 1882 $500, 900, 900 greater than
alue of wheat, hay, cotton or dairy
ucts. The hen appears to be cock OF
Is Salk.
W. 500 people who passed q Boston
.|>bn. 2iT entered il. In June, 1879,
|Is on firm sold seventy-eight barrels Of
~. last month the firm sold 1850. In
~ tie outlay in Boston for Intoxicating
|| rs was over $5l, 100000.
tveral ladies were chatting on the YER
s.f p Of q seaside hotel, when one OF the
|k complacently observed; ~ never
Lie without discovering some new
&huty. Severe silence greeted the re-
1a1k, but one rival cuttingly asked: How
Hen 90 you bathe-once year, These
SeIe fashionable ladies'.
The German press is full OF rather severe
fiucl>ms on the free gratis invitation
nteIdcd to the representatives Of German
on the part Of the directors
4 the Northern Pacific Railway, character
King ne projected trip as iunketing tour
or the purpose Of "deluding" German
migrsr,s into settling on the land granted
D the railroad.
A pr EiSchof, of Durkheim, has in
ell ,U new bullet, which, If not too ex-
sns,e, will surely attract the attention
the military authorities as we'll as that
( hunters. Ii is not cast, but consists OF
ulver zyd wolfram compressed, a metal
onsiderabiy heavier than lead, and admits
I a more effective projection at a very
auch smaller diameter.
The recent saCu yerfest at Buffalo showed
hat size is not an indication of the quality
voice. A member of one OF the Chicago
Ocieties, with a bassO voice, very profun-
o. like the echo Of distant thunder, is
My five feet tall and weighs under lOO
oundS, while the tener legero Of Cincin-
ati society, with a voice almost talsetto,
ips the beam at 265 pounds.
The Chinese have an ingenious way OF
protecting carrier pigeons from birds OF
rey. They tasten to the tail feathers a
ompac, system of reeds, eight or ten in
umbsrnOt weighing over a grain or two,
Ihich in the passage Of the pigeon through
be air, emits a whistling sound shrill
nough 10 scare the wouid.be depredators.
he plan is so effective that it is coming
lto extensive use in Germany.
Practical iokes: Two prominent chicago
usiuess men, to perplex a janitOr, disar-
.nged the furniture Of their room and hid
D a closet. the janitor entered, heard a
loise. fired through the closet door, and
.illed one j0ker. 4 negro shipped as a
Ieck hand for France, and was told that
legro meat was a favorite dish in that
ountry. when the vessel neared Mar
eill,s he jumped overheard and was
rowIei.
Grape growing is making great strides in
Ne Andes foothills, both on the ElStern
Ion e. and on the inclinstions towards the
acific ocean, and, owing to attention to
be selection Of varieties Of vines, not only
olerabiy good wines but wines of excellent
usiity are being produced, and the in
Iustry promises to become an important
ne. This will be facilitated by the con-
truct on Of a railroad that is to connect
be ,s.sur provinces with the coast.