The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-15
BREAKFAST BUDGET,

In France the doctors claim on the
estate Of q deceased patient has pFece-
depceo Of all others.
A company Is about to engage in the
manufacture Of bagging from pine fibre
at Wilmington, n, o.
AT a ball in Paris recently ladywofe
shoes each OF which had watch Insert
ed in the leather near the toe,
S. Ehillito, OF Chambersburg, Pa, has
a two,poupd three-ounce tomato, which
nearly staggered the seyen'toot stock It
grew on,
While her husband tends the fire
Mrs. Moulton runs the engine Of the
Ocean City, a boat that conveys passen,,
gers from Longport 10 Somers Point and
Ocean City, MI,
A Scotch minister, observing Q man
sleeping, cried out: John, wake up;
take a pinch O. snuff" and John imme-
diately fired back; "Minister, put the
snuff in the Sermon"
A Pittsburgh misc, now In London, Is
said to have written to the Princess
Louise, Duchess Of Fife, Offering 70
buy one Of thenumerous sets Of brace
lets presented to her on her recent mar
rlage,
Speaking Of watches, iacetiols jew
eler declares that "a watch Is IKE the
human body, It Is just as sensitive as the
most delicate child, and needs more care
and protection than it ever receives"
In France an extensive series Of lnyes'
legations has led to the conclusion that
the sardines OF commerce are young
fish, not yet arrived at maturity, and as
| rule size Is no clue to the state Of de-
velopment,
Eatomologists state that there Is req;
sonable hope that scientific plan Will
be devised whereby whole tribes Of nGx'
ious insects may be extermlnated by the
artificial multiplication ttheirinnoxtous
enemies.
Frank Beard: In a goodspeech there
are two important things, One 70 the
beginning and the other Is the end, The
nearer tho beginning IS to the end, 40 q
general thing, the better and more salts
factory thespeech,
There Is one prominent English pat
ron OF the turf who Is said never TO
have made bet on race save on one
occasion, when he wagered q sI1pence
against horse with his traiuer's wife,
The horse won, and the slxpenCe was
duly presented Us q brooch set In d.
almonds,
The kangaroo in danger Of being ex'
terminated. It's skin Is so valuable that
large numbers OF young kangaroos are
killed, aud high authorities are Of opin,
ion that unless the process is stopped
Australians will soon have seen the last
specimen Of this interesting animal.
The largest fish ever Caughtin Indiana
waters was captured In the White river
lust south OF Columbus, the other day.
The monster was q shovel-headed cat
and weighed l04 pounds. II was landed
| by Arty Monroe aud Nick Herod with O
trout line. 1t brought slim the mar
ket,
A turtle nine feet long, four feel broad
and weighing 1000 pounds was captured
last week of Pigeon Point, CAL, by
Antonio Betting. He pursued II from
sunrise till noon and attempted 10 land
ii with one boat, which was nearly
swamped. 1t finally required two boats
and the assistance Of eight fisherman "a
take the prisoner to the wharf Betting
and other fishermen say this Is the
, largest turtle ever caught on the Pacific
coast.
The examination OF applicants iol
positions in the Detroit City'Libnry the
other day brought out some surprising
, answers. To the Question, "What was thu
, Dict OF WOrms?" one young miss wrote
, "What they atc-Hooker's Book OF Ma
. ture' treats OF the subject" AlnonG
, other queer bits OF information were thu
, following: ."What Is the electoral col
lege?" 1.-THE college having the mos
. pupils" "Give an example Of The
J classics" Books arranged In classes 90
, Cording to countries" "What art
, canons?" "Canops are big guns.
/ "What are fossils?" Fossils Is min
erals"
: An amusing marriage took place. in FL
: bcrton, Ga, The other day. A couple
! came into the court house to be married
A new Justice was called in. Heliad nc
form, and improvised q ceremony. Hi
frat ordered the couple to join hands
and then after hesitating awhile, he ask
cd tho groom these questions: evil
you stick 10 this woman through thick
and thin, up and down, right and left
hot or cold, wet or dry, and have nc
! other wilo but herr II you will, you
can have her for s,wiie. Similar queG'
tons having propounded to the woman
!, and affirmative answers having been
! given, he pronounced them husband
and wife.