The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-01
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

Lucy Booth. General Booths young
est daughter. is about to 20 to India to
be at the head OF the work among the
women Of that dark land. Like all the
women Of the Salvation army in India,
she viii 90 among the native women in
their own costume and live IN the same
manner that they do.
Captain Paul Boyton, the famous
swimmer, has been spending the best
part OF the year upon ''The Story OF My
Life" IN ambitious volume soon to be
brought out, giving a graphic narration
Of the swimmers many thrilling expert
ences in different parts OF the world.
At the Pilgrim Mothers dinner to be
held at the Plaza hotel, New York, De-
cember %, the speakers will be Mrs.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Isabella Beech
er Hooker, Carrie Lane Chapman,
Charlotte Emerson Brown. Mary sey-
mour Howell and Lille eyereux Blake.
A somerville cynic says that when It
comes to picking out a church for the
family to attend, the average woman
selects the one that seems to have the
most fashionable congregation, while
the average man picks out the n that
has the shortest service.
The late Queen Olga, OF Wurtemberg,
though a beautiful woman, was OF strong
and almost masculine character. Her
husband, the late King Karl, was nick
named "King 0lgus" in recognition Of
this fact. Theirs was a marriage do
CONVEYANCE"
Miss Chapman, the well knownsculp-
tor, has been commissioned to model.
the two Spanish bullocks Queen Vie
toria keeps in the park at Osborne.
They have enormous horns and are con-
sidered remarkably beautiful creatures.
General Cassius NJ. Clay, now eighty
year old, has presented his library,
statuary and paintings to the county, IN
which he lives lin Kentucky as the
nucleus OF o public library.
Prince Mono Lulu, of Nashville, the
young negro who became king OF the
Vey nation in Africa by his fathers
death some time ago, has started to take
his seat On the throne. mbiaid
For at least two months after a.man
is married he goes down the aisle
to his seat in church without feeling in
the back Of his neck that everybody is
looking at him.
A man NAV he very wise and toler-
ably well educated in many ways with.
out having the least idea in his head
whore in the world the flies go to inthe
winter.
When women vote the uncertain ele-
ment in the politics Of the present day
will seem by comparison as steadiast
and as sure as fate.
The trusting wife has IN idea that
her husband is as good as gold in all
respects, but that all other men are
generally bad.
Coins are classed, according to their
state OF preservation, as "proot," "un-
circulated" fine" ''good," flair" and
"poor."
Within the last thirty years there
have been on the British coasts 66,377
wrecks, with the loss of 22,S12 lives.
Among the wealthy classes Of Japan
it is considered undigni6ed to ride a
horse going faster than q walk.
Inere are ol1u0u women Lelestaph
operators in the United States, and the
number is constantly growing.
Caterpillars from six inches to a foot
long are common in the vicinity OF the
Darling river, Australia.
At the age of forty a man Usually ut.
tains his highest weight; a woman at
fifty.
A child just born has less chance OF
living a year than an octogenarian.
Pope Leo still writes Latin poetry,
though eighty-two years old.
Thackeray wrote most of his best
work before breakfast.
Ginger essence contains twice as much
alcohol as whisky.
The largest pyramid in Egypt is 48s
feet high.
Women OF every rank go bareheaded
in Mexico.
Most sheep die before they are ayear
old.