Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-06
THE OMNIBUS

No worm or insect is ever found upon
the eucalyptus tree or in the earth pen
etrated by It's roots.
II the United States had as great q
relative population as Japan 10 would
have a population Of 900, 600, Geo people.
An eccentric southern woman dated
her will 1889 Instead OF 1850, but :he
court has decided that this does not i'm
pair its validity.
Marriage is growing popular again
In England The register for the first
quarter of 1894 exceeds the first quar-
ter Of any year since 1883.
Abner Dorsetr, a negro living in
Hickory Mountain township, North
Carolina, has a head which measures
thirty-two inches in circumference.
One Of the conditions OF membership
OF a New York club is that each mem.
Der must give az least one hour week
10 doing some good action.
Edelweiss is rapidly disappearing in
many parts of Tyrol. To save ii the
landtag has lately imposed a fine for
selling the plantawith the roots.
"CharIey's Aunt" has just been trans
lated into Greek by NJ. Rhangabe, the
Greek ambassador at Berlin, and will be
played ia Athens this winter.
Don't talk about yoh neigbohs, said
Uncle Eben. ''Yoh services am s'per-
G'sus. Dey'u ten to il foh one annod-
dab an fob yoh, too. - Washington
Star
A New York syndicate has been
formed for the purpose Of buying an
island of the coast of Maine, stocking
10 with black foxes and engaging ia the
fur trade.
The greatest theatre-goers IN the
world are the Italians. There are more
theatres IN Italy in Italy in proportion
TO the population than in any other
country.
Iron rusts more rapidly Ia wet than
in dry weather because it has, or SCENE
20 have, q better affinity for oxygen
when the latter is combined with dy-
drogen.
A black down grows under the fe1th-
ers OF many birds at the approach Of
winter because down IS the best non
conductor and black the warmeSJ color.
Lightning travels in zigzag course
because 10 passes through different
strata Of air, aud, being restrained in its
passage, turns from size TO side 10 find
the easiest path.
Mr.. PJmpOus-"Sir, would have you
know that I'm a self.made man.
Farmer Hayrick-"Wsal, Mister, mau-
maxim seems 20 be trade ye didn't
work long at"-HGrpCr'S BG-lr
Mistress-"Bridget I don't like your
having these men in the kitchen. They
are sJilI strangers 10 me- Bridget
(pleasantly)-"Stip insOide, thin, mum
aud on introjuice you. "-PUcE
81 tell you Tm in big luck" Nm
glad TO hear It," Eyes. The insurance
examiners passed me 0. *. two months
ago, aud now the doctor tells me I've
got an incurable disease. kate Fields
Washington.
Cruel.-Everett WreSt-"Lady,
have four little children cryin' al home
fer bread" Mrs. Potts-"For good
ness sake! 1 don't see how the neigh
bors stand it. You don't live 10 a Hat,
do you2"-CbicGGO Tribune
Consolation-Papa (after the seance
In q back ROOM DO you know that 1t
pains me more than IL does you 70 have
TO whip you?" The Terror-"No, papa,
didn't know IL; but now that YOU have
told me l feel better, "-HdriCm Lie.
Charley-"SO Miss Stone told you she
could only be a sister to you? What did
you Say?" Tom-"Well, as l have two
sisters as Il is, l told her that il could
never be. hadn't skirts, necktieS and
scarfpiBs enough to so round. Puck.
Three Yearningss.-Msn from Boston
III Mars had Inhabitants we might
learn from them. Man from New York
IF Mars had inhabitants we might
sell to them" Man from Chicago-"If
Mars had Inhabitants we might borrow
from them. "-1rlltR.
It is not generally known that when
nrrRrson falls into the water common
hat can be made use OF as a life
ever. by placing the hat upon the
= Nv. with the arm around
htlV The breaSf il