The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-08
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Within ten miles OF Knoxville, Tenn.
thirty marble quarrics arc in operation
Teacher - Bobby, what does laz,
mean?" Bobby-"Lazy means alwayI
to want your little sister to get it To-
you."
First Boy-"1 saw a dead dog dow,
on Filth avenue yist'd'y." Second Bo,
"llnhl saw him before ever you did
l helped kill i'm.
Servant Girl-"What are YOU tn t
Johnny" "Up 10 the preserves on tn,
top shelves. Don't cay nuthin' or the
ole woman will be up to me-"
AN Iowa man who was caught in the
edge OF cyclone recently had his coat
sleeve torn of at the shoulder by the
wind, but he escaped bodily harm.
! Women Of wealth and ability to cater
to their iads, carry their signs OF mourn.
ing into the decoration OF their apart.
ments and their general surroundings.
1t is estimated that the regular insur-
ance companies Of the United States
will disbu,se during 1890 the sum Of
sS3,00O.0OO in death, endowment and
dividend claims.
1t is said that the World, Herald, Sm,
and Times, Of New York, will follow the
Tribune in the use Of type.setting ma.
chimes. Probably half OF the 900 com.
positors will be dropped.
The most densely populated square
mile in the world is not in China or Bel.
GUM, but in the city of New York, and
that is inhabited by 10000 people, the
large part Of whom ure Italians.
a Stockton tCal.) car driver has sued
the company for Sl2,C00.for making him
work over twelve hours.a day in spite OF
the law, which fines the railroad $50 for
each oiiense, the fine to 60 to the prose-
cutor.
Little Ethel went to church with her
grandmother, and for the first time put
10 cents in the contribution plate.
Leaning over she whispered very audi.
bly,: "rhas's all right grandma, paid
for two"
Anxious mother; "Don't you know
that George Washington never, never
told lie?" Sinful boy: "AIaybe his
mamma didn't care how much cakes
and jam he took, and he wasn't 'iraid to
tell her"
\ Vermont editor boasts that he has
a stub.talled, one.horned COW, with no
pedigree, which not only furnished the
milk for his family OF ten persons last
wear, but Sl00 worth which ha soIl II,
his neighbors.
"To.day, Hana, your dear papa is
coming back from his journey and he
will bring you some oranges. So you
are going to be very good all day, aren't
your" II don't know, mamma. Arc
the oranges very big?"
There area presentin France . 900 600
households in which there has been no
child; 2,500,000 in which there was one ;
$500, 900, two children; 100000. three;
about 100000, four; $4,000, five; $780,
0OO, six, and 100000, seven or more.
The Cigarmakers' International has
S239, 100. During the last eleven years
the union paid out in benefits 81 JOS ,9G2,
Of which Si26,49S was for strike benefits,
s32s, 1855 tor sick benefits, sGG,7SS for
death benefits, and $500, 944 for travelling
cigarmakers..
The Emperor Of Russia's suite at pres.
ent consists OF 173 persons, OF whom sew
enty-three are general and sixty-six are
extra aides.de.camp. To the suite be.
long fifteen members Of the imperial
family, seventeen princes OF non.impe.
rial birth, seventeen counts, nine barons
and III other nobtemen. Their nation.
alities are: l2S Russians, 80 Germans,
6 Finns, Pole, 4 Circassians, 9 Greeks,
and . Roumanians.
The New York Sun has been wrest.
ling with the question: "Does college
education pay?: and is disposed to an
swer it III the negative, quoting Andrew
Carnegie to the effect that tho college
man Is almost wholly absent from high
position in the business world. "The
graduate" says MIR. Carnegie, "has not
the slightest chance entering at twenty
against the boy who swept the office OF
who began asshipping clerk at fourteen"
The Zulu woman, who Is quite a nee.
die woman in her way, uses a needle
with no eye, one in fact which is moth.
ing more nor less than a wooden skewer.
For threads, she uses the einews from
the nect OF Bome animal, preferably the
giraffe. This is thoroughly moistened
and beaten between stones until uepa,
rated into tilaments. Rather clumsy
tools aren't they? But she accomplishes
such work with these simple tools, rs
the girl OF tho period might be proud Of
The following estimates OF the strength
Of tho European armies which will dc
the heavy lighting in the pest war, wert
given in debate in the German Iteichs
tag; Russia, 2,579,000 men; Germany
| $500, COO, including l77G66 drilled re-
seryemen; France, 1926 900, and III ,OO(
drilled reservemen; Austria. Hungary
l,|hO,90O; Italy, 100000. The Triple
| ALLIANCE powers would thus have 6,1a0,
0C0 men to play against the 5,S05, O0(
soldiers Of France and Russia, that il
GC5.OO0 fewer.-lke Illustrated american
/ Queen Victoria, who herself has
great tondness for pearls, determined
that each Of her daughters should hay'
Il string OF her own. When each daugh
ter was born the Queen purchased twt
or three valuable pearls. inceasing thu
number each year by an addition Of on
until by the time each daughter was OF az
to mary she possesseda handsome rope
Fancy her feelings one day to discove
she had thrown into the fire, after wip
ing her pen upon it, a piece Of tissu
paper in which were wrapped a recen
purchase, three beautiful pearls, wort
all told, about G500, or s. 500. It woul
seam that even tissue paper is M expen
sive article among the royalty. Il
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; The girls employed by the Ausoni
Brass company have q pet cat, whic
:: they feed from their dinner pals. Fo