The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-05
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

The Esquimaux call seals to them b,
lying down on the Ice and whistling.
Nota single marriage license was Is
sued in Sumner county, Kas., last year
Brass bedBteads are now enameled in
white and gold to keep up with The
craze.
"Ssand Pat and Keep Mum" was the
theme Of the discourse Sunday morning
in Kansas City church.
There are about 1900 nickel-in.the'
slot machines in use in this country,
and they comprise fifty varies.
It is noted that pointed.toed shoes are
slowly but surely going out Of fashion
among the best dressed men.
The Preachers Magazine for January
astonished It's readers by announcing an
article on "The Apostate Paul."
A rival to the Maltese cat is the NAL
tese dog, a bit Of a canine beauty re.
Gently imported from Paris by the fash
ionable.
The Palisades on the western bank OF
the Hudson river vary in height from
800 TO 900 feet, and they extend about 20
miles.
stenographers and typewriters can be
had in New York in lunches at 81 Il
week. Cooks at $50 month cannot be
found to supply the demand.
The number Of Indians in the United
States who can read English is stated to
be over 90, 900; the number who can read
Indian languages Is over 10000.
As Howard Hall was starting an cleo
triC motor in Bridgeport, Conn, a few
days sgo, "a bright blsze shot out from
the dynamo and burned his mustache
off,"
New York now owns more real estate
than at any previous period, and the sum
of its assets amounts 10 S50O, 04O, 900,
which is S. for every one that the city
owes.
The Boston Transcript tells Of a news.
paper man who confessed that there are
only two tunes that he really knows
well, cold Hundred" and the long
meter "Doxology."
The press and land owners OF Portugal
are becoming alarmed at the dearth Of
Cuitivators, and demand that the govern
mentshall put o stop 10 emigration, as
husbsndry Is suffering.
A method of soldering glass or por-
Celain to metal hes been communicated
TO the Physical Society of Paris by NJ
CsilIctet, and is likely to prove Of great
value for many purposes.
Rev. W. W. Carson, Of Kingston, Can.
ada, who has accepted call to become
pastor OF Presbyterian church in De-
iroit, fluids himself barred out under the
law against importing contract labor.
The secretary Of the Manufacturer
Bureau Of Denver says that in Gunnison
county, COL, there are three hills Of
solid iron and manganese ores 800, 1000
and LOO feet high, their bases covering
more than 1000 acres.
It is proposed in Paris to do away, as
lar as possible, with lunatic asylums and
10 place insane persons who are not
prone to violence in the homes Of coun-
Try people, who will BIZ suitably re-
by the State.
The electrical underground railway in
London has proved that speed OF
twenty. -four miles an hour is practicable.
There are bills before the House OF
Commons from many other British cities
'or rapid transit railways on the came
plan.
James Gault, stock dealer Of West
Pa, received IN order some
lime ago for carload OF savage bulls for
the New York market. he was some.
what surprised to learn since that they
were intended for shipment to Spain "
DO used in bull fights.
At one of the steel works at ALE.
yheny City, Pa, there was recently
rolled strip OF steel for spring six
inches wide, one.quarter OF IN inch
thick and $40 feet long. The order for
the spring had been rendered to all the
large English and continental works,
but none Of them would undertake the
task.
In certain Baptist association report
the following item occurs, the names be.
ing changed: SIN August We extended
a call to Rev. John Smith, a minister OF
shady antecedents, to be.
cOulo ouI PIebeub pu5tVE AoL JeSI' LIZ
accepted and entered upon his present
labors the first Sabbath in September.
Brethren, pray for Us. Peter Robinson,
Clerk"
A teader.hearted Italian iunkman in
New York, who employs q donkey to
draw his wagon, saw that the poor beast
often uembled with cold while standing
before houses wherein his master
CHANGED to be hsggling about the price
OF junk. The Italian therefore made
two pairs Of trousers out OF horse
blanket; and now the donkey walks the
streets in this unusual attire, and un.
doubtedly finds the trousers very com.
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