Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-03-07
Odd Items From Everywhere.

An old lady at Stonebridge. Conn.,, is
said TO have slept 2l,000 consecutive
nights in one house.
The number Of freight cars in the
United States Is placed at about 9l5, 200,
and the number of passenger cars ut
$1,000.
A foreign matchmaker has patented
device by which an hour or two before
a clock runs down the word wind" will
appear at an opening in the dial.
A pine tree in Pennsylvania recently
scaled S,Os3 feet Of lumber. 1t made II
sawlogs u and Is feet in length, and
the top end of the butt log,wa 50 inches
in diameter.
The Empire State express, on the
New York Central, has record OF l47
miles in $50 minutes, including FIVE
minute stop. The run was made be-
tween Albany and Syracuse.
A stretch OF track across the pampas
on the new Argentine Pacific railroad
is 2l1 miles in length without curve,
q single bridge or opening larger than
drain or an embahkment more than d
yard In height.
Probably the largest congregation In
America is that OF the church Of St.
Stanislaus Kosta in Chicago, which has
30. 900 communicates. The number Of
attendants at the several masses every
Sunday frequently exceeds $4,000.
The Chinese make what is called ''chi-
wa-hi." or grass cloth, from the fibre OF
II 10 a n fnu "A
a splendid cloth for tents, awnings, etc.
When made into betting for machinery
il IS said TO have twice the strength OF
leather.
Seventeen years ago a young man In
Chicago found a pocketbook containing
several thousand dollars. Now, having
made nearly million, he advertises for
the original owner, and expresses WILL
lingness even to pay for the pocket
book.
A man VINO has he'd many years OF
commercial experience In China says
that the right word is ''pidgin," not
"pigeon," English. IL is the Chinese
accommodation OF the word business,
and it is in the business OF Chinese ports
that this peculiar dialect is used.
special train of five cars construct
ed entirely OF steel Is on exhibition at
the Chicago and Northern Pacific sta
tion i'm Chicago. IL is claimed that the
cars neither cost nor weigh more than
the old style. while being practically
indestructible by fire or in wreck.
An amusing incident occurred in the
Circuit Court at West Point, Miss. A
negro bow being tried for stealing two
pairs OF trousers, and, having no lawyer,
Judge Campbell asked him II he desired
to speak. He promptly replied in the
Affirmative, and spoke Tine Boy Stood
ON the Burning Deck to the judge and
jury.
The Arabs believe that the date palm
brings happiness and contentment TO
the country in which it grows. 1t Is q
beautiful tree, tall and straight, some
times reaching a height Of 60 feet.
The leaves are from 5 TO 10 feet long,
and the spadices, or fruit-bearing
branches. grow from $50 to 200 dates
each. A bunch Of dates weighs from
20 TO 25 pounds.
The construction Of the worlds long
est railroad is progressing rapidly along
the river valleys and across the steepes
of Siberia. The western extremity OF
the road is the mining town OF MASK,
ON the eastern side OF the Ural range
and It's eastern terminus is a. Viadiyes-
tok, on the sea OF Japan, making tots
length OF 4,7s5 miles, which is nearly
| twice the length OF the Canadian Pa
cI6c. Ii will cost s1s3. $50, 600.