The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-11

were given by Gity-four stock opera
companies in Germany, five in Austria,
five In Holland, three in Russia and
three In Switzerland. ~"Lohengrin"
heads the list with 263 representations.
Russell Sage has the reputation OF
being n most abstemious man. A writer
once said OF him, In reference to this
trait, which Is coming to BIO distinctive
OF the great millionuires OF America:
"lle has smoked only once in his life;
u pint OF sherry or whisky in his office
lasts him from n TO three months; a
spoonful, every other day or ono a
week, In Il wineglass Of water, Is all that
no permits himself to indulge in"
There arc 1880 pounds OF pennies
encumbcring the vaults OF tho sub
treasury In New York. This Is more
than thirty.six tons, and the coins are
still accumulating. There arc l0,400
bags, weighing seven pounds each. The
accumulation is partly the refult OF the
general establishment OF the penny in
the slot machines. Tho Treasury do
partmcnt will send these pennies to DO
distributed among tho country banks.
New Orleans molasscs, ono OF the
most wholesome and agrecableproducts
OF the sugar cane, is now S o augmented
by adultcrants, and artificially improved
by chemicals, that it is likely to decline
in popular favor. Merchants in phila-
dclphia have recently been offered Il
recipe for improving tho color Of mo-
lasscs by means OF chemicals for the
sum Of so.
Mr.. W. X. Vanderbilt was not feeling
quite well the other day, go he decided
to mako n trip to Europe, accompanied
by his physician. Tho doctor said hc
could not afford TO leave his practice,
which was worth $1,000 n week. Mr..
Vanderbilt offered to give him $4,000
to make the trip Of six weeks with him.
They went.
There is no limit to tho schemes for
enriching the exhibition OF our national
greatness ut the Chicago fair. One OF
the most novel and recent is to raise
from the bottom OF Lake Erie Commo-
dorc Oliver Hazard Pcrry's flagship, tho
Niagara, which he abandoned during
famous naval fight.
Prof. Henry Rowland, OF Johns Hop
kins University, has made a truly Won
dcrful instrument for the study Of the
spectrum and the movements of the
fixed stars. 1t is capable OF ruling
100000 lines to the inch, q marvellous
achievement surely.
Estimates for the French army for
1892 amount to $l35, 900, 600, or about
S7,350,000 less than for 1891. For PEN
sions, military railway construction,
and standing army and navy together
the expenditures will be approximately
$250,000.000.
A farmer in Missouri has a half gal
Ion jar OF peach preserves that have
kept in perfect condition for more than
thirty years. They were recently tested
and found to have retained their flavor
rs well rs their looks.
Rich Hill. No., has an eighteen-year-
old young lady who weighs 325 pounds.
| She is seven feet ten inches high and
wears a shoe sixteen inches long.
Six citizens OF Carroll county, Kan,
lately met with each other in the Car
roll county bank. Their ages aggregate
SIS years.
Out OF a white population OF about
900 there has been, it is said, but II
death in Wadesboro, N. G., thus lar
this year.
Caliiornia's wine crop this year will
equal a quart for every man, woman
and child in the United States.
A Birmingham (Eng.) man called
White has collected $4,000 pennies dur
ing his lifetime.
The Imperial university at Toxic,
Japan, has 1000 scholars and forty tu-
tors.
Chicago is spending n million n month
On tim WorlllC Eni- nrnnn rntinna