The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-27
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

A young woman boOkkeeper in New
York stopped fight between her EN-
Dloyer and man who was attempting
to assault him by boldly stepping be-
tween the contestants, Meanwhile a
crowd OF male clerks stood by too terri
fled to move,
A Russian fanatic claimed to have the
power OF raising tine dead, He was al
lowed to experiment on girl by her
parents. He first strangIed her and
then endeavored to bring her back to
life, After two hours OF unsuccessful
attempts the parents became convinced
that he was an impostor.
A citizen OF Jackson, Mich, the other
day wrote q message on the back OF 0
Columbian postage stamp and mailed
it, The postmaster is greatly per-
picked, as, although message can be
forwarded on q 'one-cent postal card, he
does not think 1t lawful for letter TO
be sent through the mails on the back
OF astamp.
Competent engineers who have sur.
veyed the route report that line OF
railway can be constructed to Boring
straits, and that the straits can be
bridged by modern scientific bridges. II
the proposed lines on both sides OF the
straits arc constructed it will be posi-
BILE for travellers to proceed from New
York to Paris by an all rail route via
Boring straits,
Sherman Arp, a negro, was hanged at
Center, Ala, Friday, for having COM
mitted u murder. Before he was hang
ed Arp offered his body to the highest
bidder, and it was bought by young
physician at eight cents per pound,
Arp weighed 1866 pounds, and received
$l2 As for himself, which money he OK.
pended before his execut n for good
things to eat and drink. He Toasted in
his cell up to tho last moment before he
was led out for execution, and died re-
GREETING that he could not finish his
banquet.
The most precious document in the
possession OF the natlon--namely, the
declaration Of independence--has faded
to such an extent as to be almost uRde'
cipherable. This misfortune is not due
TO the age OF tho writing, but to pro-
cess which it underwent in the making
OF facsimile Of it when John Adams
was secretary OF state. In order to 18th.
ograph it it was wetled, and the historic
manuscript was nearly ruined in the
performance. Nearly oil OF the sigma.
lures have wholly vanished, while the
body OF the text is in great part illeglble.
A popularity common to rain in the
Bermudas, the Windward islands, the
Hawaiian group and the Alaskan waters
is that 1t isn't very wet In none Of
these regions do the natives fear the
rain, and even Foreigners soon come to
know that they take no harm from be-
ing caught out In storm. 1t was
noted by men on the ships lately patrol1
ling Bering sea that a portion OF the
deck slightly projected dried out white,
even in the midst Of shower, and that
wet clothing hung under slight shelter
ON deck dried in an atmosphere appar.
emily saturated by hard rain.
An Armenian nun has just died in q
convent at Jerusalem who was certified
by the registers of the community TO
which she belonged to have attained
the age OF ll5 years. She entered the
convent when she was seventeen, and
during the subsequent ninety-eight
years did not once cross its threshold,
Medieval piety, which set forth COM
plete Ignorance Of the world we live in
rs one OF tho chief qualifications for
sanctity. could surely ask no moro than
this. Very few who have visited Jeru.
salem would contemplate a residence OF
ninety.eight years in that city with Joy,
oven with the privilege Of remaining all
that time immured in tho cloislers Of a
convent.-London Iit-Bits.