The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-04
HAll CoLuMnIA, happy landl
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

White stockings have never gone out
in Germany. Tabooed elsewhere, they
have continued in favor with the aver
age Teuton frau. And in England the
older ladies have continued to wear
white cotton hosiery. But tho white
stocking is q horror, an otfense unmiti-
gated and not to be palliated. Let
England decree or do what she pleaaes,
she cannot win or drive us back to the
ridiculous old heresy, the, absurd abom-
ination Of white hosiery. Chicago
Record.
Recent scientific discoveries have
made possible tho use of higher tenn
peratures than had before been reached,
and tho application OF the electric cur
rent has given a degree of heat hitherto
considered unattainable. In the oppo.
site direction French scientist, NJ. Pietet
has been experimenting aud has succeed
cd in producing the extraordinarilylow
temperature Of 273 degrees centigrade
(40l degrees Fahrenheit) below the
freezing point, degree OF cold almost
incalculable TO our senses.
The Queen OF Denmark is, after Queen
Victoria, the most remarkable OF Euro.
pean Queens. Three OF her children
are either occupying thrones, or will do
so in the near future. Though she is
nearly 80, abe still retains much Of her
youthful appearance and vigor. She
was married at the age OF %. ALI her
six children are living, and every one
oil them has proved credit to her.
Those old settlers of Chicago gave
away abousqa dozen gold medals ut
their picnic the other day to various
persons whom they thought deserving
Of them, one going TO "the girl work.
lug longest in the same family" This
was bestowed upon Emma Schillinger,
now forty-four years old, who has
worked in the same family since Sop
tember, 1850,
The pretty glass carafe is no longer
''the thing" Of the dining table. Its
place ID taken by the pitcher that 1t at
one time superseded. One advantage
OF this rechange 10 evident; ice In ones
goblet, with water poured over II from
q Carate, is quite a different matter, as
to result In refreshing GOODNESS, from
ice in q pitcher Of water.
should tho earth collide with another
world Of equal bulk, II Is claimed that
tho heat generated would be sufficient
TO mott, boil aud completely evaporiSo
q mass Of leo fully 700 timea tho bulk Of
both tho Colliding wurlds-in other
words, an leo planet 10000 miles In
diameter.
Tho old cemetery at Barcelona ig in
truth q "city OF tho doad." Streets
upon streets Of walls, with fivo stories
Of nlchoS, into which tho collins aro to
DO placed, give ono indeed tho idea OF
q deserted city This fashion obtains
oil over Spain and In some parts Of
Italy.
Two interesting rcllcs Of Shakespeare
woro sold at Christlo's In London 70.
Gently for S7S5. Thcy wore Jug Of
croam colorod oarlhonwarc, much like
a modern coffee pot In size and shape,
and q Malacca cane In ah excellent state
Of preservation
Thoro Ia said to DO 1854 languages
and dialects In uso throughout the
world
Tho Nebraska National Bank at Dca.
trlCo hRs suspended
Tho Bi.MiutalllC silver mine In Mon.
tana will close down.
Rlo Grandu do Sui robols arc still
winning victories.
A Bombay newspaper Gays that II