The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-06
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

An elderly lady who dives near At
lanta, Ga, is deaf. A few weeks ago
she rode on an electric car for the first
time in her life, and when she returned
home she declared that she could hear
perfectly while on an electric car. One
Of the family went with her, boarded
an electric car and found that the
elderly lady could hear perfectly.
Henry Ward Beecher's widow says
the great Brooklyn preacher wrote but
one poem, and refused to let Robert
Bonner print it in the Ledger IN spite OF
an offer Of 5000 for 1t. 1t was written
in Beecher's college days at Amherst.
the good lady says, and contained
about as much poetry as there Ia in
rJack and Jill"
Breaches there a man with soul so dead
Who never 10 himself hath said,
This Is my own, my native land
Whoseh heart hath ne'er within him buAn'd,
As nome his footsteps no hath turned
From wandering on foreign strandH
The EifFel tower is now the highest
clock tower in the world Agigantic
clock has been placed on its second
platform, and scientists daily and hour.
~ take observations on the motion OF
the pendulum, it being their idea that
the revolution Of the earth on its axis
may be yisibiy demonstrated by theex-
pertinent.
A young hack writer was employed to
write up prospectus for circus.
Say" he said, turning TO the manager,
"I've about exhausted my vocabulary
on this thing. Have you Thesaurus|
mo" said the circus man, we've only
got hippopotamus. HarDer's Monthly.
A farmer living near Red Greek. N.
y, recently found COW in the act OF
.devourlng The entire family wardrobe.
She had already eafen pair of trous.
ers, vest, cardigan jacket, two silk
handkerchiefs, pair of lady's walking
shoes, and the leg off rubber boot"
The Lately Married One: 81 never
heard Of such trouble as ! have with my
servants. They are so stupid" The
Inexperienced One: 'Don't talk mel
The other day I sent Patrick out for
two egg-plants; he came back with two
hens. "-iScribners Md1nzine.
A Warsaw clockmaker will send to
the Worlds Fair clock representing a
railway station, in which are all the
circumstances Of arrival and departure,
with whistles, bells, rattle OF carriages,
ETC., are repeated every fifteen minutes.
"This is the dag we celebrate.
Which sees US clad aud fed;
Which makes our Joy and comfort great"
+ ' eS'N s' '' @Washtnoton Star
eve have decided" writes rural ed
itor, ito withdraw from the race for
coroner We can make more money
selling votes than we can buying EN-"
--At'antG Consultation
SAY, Jimmy, how did you get yer
father to buy so many fireworks 2?
II told him guessed he'd better
shoot most OF them OF for me."-Rash-
ingtOn Star.
Leonard Whitton, Of Brighton, onta-
rio, is classed as the biggest man in
Canada. He weighs ago pounds. Ten
years ago lie weighed but $50 pounds.
When Liberty Is lost,
Let abject towards live: but In the brave
1t were treechery To themselves, enough
To merit chains. ar
Fourteen young men sailed from New
York TO Glasgow a few days ago to make
bicycle tour OF England, Ireland and
Scotland.
Natural gas has been discovered on
the shore OF the Great Salt lake, within
ten miles Of Salt Lake City.