The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-15
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

A second is tho smallest division Of
time in general use, and when We con-
consider that in ono year there are
about Sl,558,000 Of these periods i
would certainly seem as II 1t was small
enough Tor all practical purposes. But,
after all, good deal can happen even
in fraction OF a second. A light-waVe,
for instance, passes through o distance
OF about 1856, 900 miles in this length OF
time. Acurreut Of electricity has prob
ably an even greater speed. Tho earth
itself moves in its orbit at rate OF
about twenty miles second, thus lar
exceeding the fastest railroad tram on
its surface. A tuning fork Of the French
standard yibrates $40 times per second
TO produce the note A on the treble
staH-Poptilar Science NewS.
Mr.. Dyer, who lives on small island
near Seven Hundred Acre Island, Isles:
borough, Nc, has unique way OF
catching seals. He takes pole several
feet in length, to which are attached
number OF common Goldfish hooks with
lanyards several feet in length. The
hooks ale bMted with herring. This
continuance Is anchored and buoyed,
the hooks being just below the surface.
The seals, in swallowing the herring,
become hooked and arc caught. Mr.
Dyer has taken large number in this
manner.
Still 10 BIO neat, still to be drest
As youw were going 70 FEAST
StIl to be powdered. still peFtuned;
Lady II Is 10 be presumed
Though arts hid causes are not found.
All IL not sweet, all Is not sound.
Give mo a look, give mo face,
ThGt makes simplicity grace;
Robes loosely flowing, hair as Tree;
Such sweet neglect more uketh me
Than all the GdultCries Of art;
They strike mine eyes but not my heart.
BIN Jonsoh.
A foreign contemporary revives
characteristic anecdote OF Rosslni. On
the death of Meyerbeer, his nephew,
Jacques Beer, composed funeral march
in his honor In moment of weak
ness he asked Rossini what he thought
OF it. '.Not bad" replied the Maestro,
"but it would be better if you had died
and Meyerbeer had written the march. I"
London Globe.
A resident OF Sangerville, Me-, has
caught eleven hawks and two owls
within few months in novel trap OF
his own invention. A pole fifteen or
twenty feet high was placed on the
ground, the top sawed off square and
common rat trap was placed on the
pole. The hawks alighted upon it to
watch for prey with disastrous results.
Copyright has expired in England on
eight Of Charles Dickens books-the
"Pickwick Papers" "Dombey & Son."
Martin ChuZzlewit," "Barnahv
Rudge,' ""Nicholas Nickleby," Sketches
by Boz" "The Old Curiosity Shop"
and "0liver Twist"
THAT'S very good story, Shady, but
don't tell it to Apollo If you see him"
"What do you mean?"
at understand he had ahabit Of strik-
ing the Tyre. "-Boston Post
His bait was in bottle,
And It scared him half TO death,
Wien his wife inquired demurely
II he dshed with bated breath.
i-Wdshi'lgton Star
The Winthrop (Me.) Banner failed to
appear the other week, and inquiry
showed that the entire staff, consisting
Of the editor and his assistant, were
down With the measles. ~
A woman near sharptown, Md,
picked 125 quarts of strawberries. four
buckets OF peas, and cooked three meals
one day last week, besides doing all the
homework.
During the second quarter OF this year
there have been organized in the South
76l new industrial enterprises.
It is reported that sl5, 900 900 was con-
tributed for charitable purposes in Eng
land last year.
An American living at Zacatecas,
Mex, is reported to have buried twelve
wives.
A Milwaukee minister married nine
couples on the Fourth of July.
There are said to be 176,l55 miles OF
railroad in the United States.