Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-08
MATTERS BRIEFLY TOLD.

ships nave CsLEleN AI'oVV ihAAhiSEAi1S "
Oregon.
New York boot.blacks are cutting prices
and shine, sir? three cents" is now heard
on the streets.
Birds-eye maple is used for tirewood in
Michigan, and sold for 500 a thousand
Eeet in Liverpool.
In the eleven months OF 1882 ending with
November so, 10, 100, 900 American newspa-
rers were received in England.
Denver, Colorado, is to honor the late
Marshall Jewell by incorporating the Mar
shall Jewell Park within its limits.
Two young ladies of Bengal, India, at
the last examination at the Calcutta Uni
yersjty, carried OIL their B. \. degrees with
great credit.
4 Western poet who has a freckled-face
sweetheart, in an ode to his lady. love calls
the freck!es "brown-eyed daisies siumber-
ing in a llUid of cream
A..xaai~sxre-%<5 s,,tsysr watches, two
IweDty-dollsr gold pieces and gold ring
were recently found in cleaning out an
obstruction drain under q Washington
ho,e..
Il is said that 1900 bodies are annually
c-cmated in Japan. The furnace is stone
a@d cement structure, with tall chimney,
which gives it the appearance OF factory.
Dusiag the Egyptian war a column of
,eadsd telegraph dispatches cost the London
newspapers from $1,000 to $500. Seven
shi,!ings and twopence was the rate
s@s.,sd.
One hundred ladies OF Youngstown,
Ua.o, with one hundred spades, broke the
g,oU2d Tor the new Methodist Church,
ul.ch Is to cost $4,000 and is to be the
Eaest OF the State.
4 Western paper. discussing the drama
Of Romeo and Juliet" observes, very
iUdicioUsly, that, though Juliet is much
exalted BY the critics as a display OF young
love, she is not commendable as an eN-
ample of girls seminarieS.
The handsomest open freplaces in Lon
don are decorated With tiles OF Wedgwood
ware. representing scenes from Shakespeare,
with quotations, the favorites being those
Ta'e, AMI Twelfth Night
In the old Schuyler mansion at Albany,
where Alexander Hamilton made love to
his wife, where Millard Fillmore was mar
ried, and where Burgoyne was guest after
bis surrender, General Charles Tracy, the
other day, entertained Governor Cleveland
at dinner.
One of the largest retail iur trades that
eyey took place in Maine was made at Hines
few days ago. The lot purchased consist
ed OF one hundred and twenty beaver skins,
ten fisher or black cat, forty sable, four
lynx, and large number of smaller skins,
all taken within eight weeks.
The Car proposes TO replace the present
regimental flags and Colors in the Russian
army by church banners bearing etigies of
the patron saints OF the respective regi-
ments. The troops in the coronation pro-
Ces>.On will appear with the new banners.
The officers express great dissatisfaction at
tins slight of their renowned battle flags.
In the Northern Pacific swims fish
which explorers OF the Northwest coast
ca. the ortolan OF the sec. 1t is the fat
test OF all fish. and if dried specimen is
taken, all that has to be done is to light the
head OF the fish, holding it upright, and it
b.a-es away like a sperm candle, giving
light without smoke or smell. The In
Gians call it the Oolschan.
The wonderfully rapid development OF
Australia is we'll illustrated by the an-
nOunCement OF the death Of the oldest
native of the country-a woman ninety
tive years Of age, who was the first white
child born in the colony. IT the time OF
her birth, ihe total white pOpuIation OF the
island continent was 1000; on the day Of
her death it exceeded 5000 OOo.
The great ofense of parents, says Alex
aCdez Dumas, lies in shirkiug the Difficult
ties presented by the curiosity of children.
They are always old enough to receive cor
rect answers to the questions they ask.
There are no stupid children. \ child
may have a more or less prompt intelli-
@cuce. /. may develop special aptitudes
or ant;pathies; but you will never hear il
say stupid thing as long as you have
&c. deceived it, as long as YOU have not
I'd a. "a lie.
Tie docket ofrbs supreme Court Ct Bos.
ION Is so crowded with divOrse cases that
judgments are sometimes rendered at the
Es'e o: zen an hou-. Il IS said that pro
irs-iOGa. PerjUreTS commonly give the
testimony, swearing glibly according to in
St.vCtiOns. and escaping exposure because,
thro, "a collision. there is nobody to cross
exam ne them. An effort 10 turn all this
h.s.ae., over 10 the Probate Courts where
tcou.d receive proper attention. mas failed
y ,lc legislature.
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