The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1873-03-22
ODDS AND ENDS.

ranged To visit the l nited States in June
or July.
An old lady was aamiring the beautiful
picture called Saved" ats no wonder"
said she, shat the poor child tainted after
pulling that great dog out of the water.
Useful industry does no, so much consist
in being continually busy, as in doing
promptly those things which are of the first
importance. and which will eventually
prove most profitable
Every lasoring man can ind time to add,
occasionally, r lttle ornament in and abonI
his home, which will make it more attrac-
tive and increase the happiness OF all
"A thing OF beauty is a JOY forever
1t has been estimated that it would re-
luire 1000 men to be continually at work
10 supply New York alone with corks. irall
had 10 be made by hand. There are, at
present, sixty manufactures in the coun-
try, cutting and supplying corks 20 the
value OF S2250, 900 yearly.
A disconsolate editor recommended a
friend, who was in training Tor foot race TO
try running daily paper in small town
for short time, saving that IT that didn't
take the wind and steam out of him. he
must be a locomotive
In one OF the processes Of steel pen max
ing done 10y females at Birmingham, quick
worker will cut in one day o? ten working
hours tw" hundred and fifty gross, or &c, 900
pens, which involves ~ 900 distinct motions
OF the arm, two in every second
1t is related of judicious theatre. goer,
that when, upon one occasion, a disturbance
occurred in the gallery, and an obnoxious
man was about To he thrown over the rail-
ing, lie cried out, Don't waste him; kill a
fiddler with him!
The Detroit Tribune says: "A very COM
mon epitaph in Arkansas cemeteries is wv
will meet in Heaven, husband dear" This
may explain why the men ot Arkansas are
generally conducting themselves so as to
90 TO the other place.
A clergyman OF high standing in New
York traces the non-atteniance at church OF
the middle classes to their lack of means
for dressing their wives and daughters in
accordance with the extreme fashion dis
played in the pews. lie thinks the fact
one OF the gravest evils o: the times.
II is said that the Miss Rothschild who
IS soon To he married TO Mr.. Eliot York, NJ.
T., has in her own right a little fortune oil
ten million dollars. The inefltble beauty
OF a Young woman with that much money
Is The sort OF thing that produces what the
call love at first sight
English railways are experimenting, and
x is said successfully, with brake worked
by electricity. The invention consists of
the application of electromagnetic, exerting
4 force OF six hundred pounds, TO pullpvs on
a swing shaft underneath the carriages
By pressing key the z lard is enabled to
bring the train to stand still
A wife OF nearly ten years having given
her servant a holiday, was attending to
culinary matters herself, and hearing her
husband coming to the kitchen, thought
she would surprise him as soon rs he entered
the door hy throwing her. l,ands over his
eyes and inprnting n kiss on his brow as
IN the days Of the honeymoon The hus-
band returned the salute with interest. and
asked, rs lac disengaged her hand. MARY.
darling, where is your mistress2' The wife
discharged Mary, iarling,' the next day.
aud has adopteda new plan for Surprising 1,
her husband
4 man recently sentenced for murder a
Syracuse whispered, after his fate was sealed
"a poor man who 11seut got no money il
- gouer This remark is in strange con-
tra-t with that made 10y another man,
recently convicted tor a like offence in New
York CITY which was 10 the affect chat lie
nad been convicted because Of his wealth
aud re.Jcctahiiiy' We have more faith
IN the poor mans than the rich mans
theory
MtMtNro, oF THE PAST Your reporter