The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-16
BREAKFAST BUDGET


BREAKFAST BUDGET
An italian boy having four ears was
found asleep on Philadelphia doorstep
a few evenings ago.
A Chicago paper referred to Q State
Senator as Mr.. thos. h. jones, and he has
sued for $4,000 damages.
A young man named Leatherers, Of
Pittslord, Mich, died from the effects OF
drinking maple sap to excess,
About 100 colors are now obtainable
from coal tar, which has almost sup
planted vegetable and animal dyes.
A valuable horse OF Lorenzo Hartzel,
OF Stone Church, Lehigh county, Pa,
was stung by bees the other day and was
dead in twenty minutes.
Recent discoveries made by the use OF
the spectroscope show that all the heav::
emily bodies appear to BIO composed OF
the same chemical elements.
All Russian ships OF war are to be
lighted exclusively by electricity, and
January next the whole Of the Russian
fleet will be lighted by that means,
Field mice are eating up the corn
which is being planted by the farmers
around Mexico, Mo. One man had
twenty acres destroyed by these pests
The largest crane In the world is at
the Chatham (Eng.) dockyard, 1t lifts
240 tons, stands 1875 feet high and has q
radius OF seventy.hve feet eight inches.
Some old dinner customs still prevail.
TIE Romans used to r0Cline at their ban
Duets, and the habit oflying at public
dinners is commons till.-LOndon IW-BItS.
A Presbyterian church in Pittsburgh
has lust secured a soprano from Chicago
by Offering her $1,000 a year, which is
$500 year more than she has been re-
ceiving.
The first Congressional election In the
second century Of the nations existence
will be held in Kansas, an election in
The Fourth district being ordered for
May 81.
Young Housekeeper-"I want to get
n shad, II you please" Fish Dealer
"Yes'm." Y. H.-"And please take the
bones out Of 1t, for l want to stutfit."-
BOst0n Courier.
In Topeka they are discussing the
question as to whether 1t would be more
conducive to the spread Of Christianity
to have the streets sprinkled on Sunday
or lot them go dusty.
Mrs. +. B. McNulty, Of Dawson, Ca,
has the diploma given to her great.
grandfather at Princeton College and
signed by one OF the signers OF the DeCla'
ration OF Independence.
The Southern Watermelon Growers
trust is completed. Water.melon.colic
thing It would DO is somebody would
now monopolize the Jamaica ginger mar
ket.-PhiIddelphia Ledger.
A new model based on scientific prin-
ciples has recently been constructed in
England illustrating the formation Of
ocean currents in general and OF the
Gulf stream in particular.
Massachusetts must be a highly re-
ligious State. "a prominent civil en-
gfneer' has been able TO find only thir-
Teen dams In the State which are liable
to break loose.-Terre Hautc ELpre''.
Little frankie was taken to see a new
sister who had arrived during the night.
He looked at her moment and exc
claimed: "Yats! You call that sister ;
it's nothing but yed baby."-7roy Tel
egram.
Teacher-"And now, Hong Foy, can
you tell me the meaning Of the words,
'Go to- as frequently found in the Holy
Scriptures2" Hong Foy - "Yessee,
man Him alice samey Come off, =
brakes Magazine.
In ono Of the natursl gas towns the To-
cal paper tells some stirring experiences
that followed its introduction. One cook
gave her mistress prompt notice TO leave,
as she would never be willing TO Cook
Gods meat with hell fire"
The town OF Hyattsville, Nd, Is go.
ing to put Henry Georges single tax
theory to a practical test. 1t was made
the issue in the recent local election,
and three town commissioners who were
chosen are converts TO the idea.
He-"well, II Yale gets tho Mott
Haven cup, she'll have 10 break some
records to do It." she-"But can she
do III" He-"I don't know. Yale
would break the Ton Commandments
any day to beat Harvard. Harvard
Ldinpoon.
A physician says: "Girls in feeble
health should take tramp through the
woods or fields every day." But sup.
pose a tramp should object to being
taken through the woods or fields every
day BY girls in feeble health 2-BirminG.
ham Republican.
Mistress Ia very kind.hearted one)-
"Dld you drown the kittens as direct.
ed, Marie2" Maric-"0ui, madame"
|Did you warm the watef7" "Non,
madame" "What! do you mean 70 tell
nc that you drowned those poor little
kittens In ice.cold water You cruel
Pirl i'- Yankee Hdds,
PrRiSlnE Calvin Btics.
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