Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-09-17

Hush money-the price of family
cradle.

, IrlSDurg resuiteu III i Nictory ior tHe
former.
A German paper says that not a
Frenchman is now to be seen at the
German watering places.
The Modoc warriors amnse them.
selves bv shooting at nickels with ar.
rows The nickel belongs to him who
hits it.
A BARRIERS chair. with automatic
attachment. registering every occu-
pant, is the latest product Of the fer
tile brain of a Troy inventor.
There are three companions with
whom YOU should always keep on
good terms-frst your wife; second
your stomach third your conscience.
If the stories told by the Reading
Eagle are to be believed, many Of the
fair sex in that city are addicted to
the use of opium, belladona and arse
mic.
An indianapolis fireman claims the
championship in melon eating. In
five hours and three quarters he eat
seventeen mush melons, and lives to
tell the tale.
"Can YOU do the landlord in the
Lady of Iyonsy" said manager to
seedv actor. Il should think !
might" was the answer, 81 have done
a great many landlords
Governor Osborn. of Kansas, has
called an extra session of the Lcgis-
lature 10 vote an appropriation for
the relief of the sufferers by the raw
ages Of the grasshoppers.
An Ohio correspondent writes that
since the crusadlpg business has been
abandoned, the saloons having re-
sumed liquor selling, and the temper
ance question is in politics. q.
Jones, of Nevada, follows to Il Ger
tain extent the example set by some
other men in Office. When at home
he stops at a hotel; in Washington
he rents a house; at Long Branch he
is to build an elegant residence.
The hotels Of Waverly, New York,
have all closed their doors in retalia-
ton for being refused license to sell
liquors. Tie people take strangers
into their own LomeS. Rather un'
satisfactory all round.
The Bureau OF Statistics 1T Wash
ington has made UP the return OF the
foreign trade of the United States
for the last fiscal year, which ended
,June so. The totals are gwen in
specie values, and are: Imports of
merchandise. S567 ,90S, ,62l, nad ex-
ports, $3.50, ,392, ,S75.
Law business in San Francisco
must be in poor way when n bar
ristcr Is compelled to advertise that
his rule is to give one third of hls fec,
b. it large or small, 10 whoever
brings him lawsuit, or puts him in
the way Of getting one.
Prisoners in the Austin, Texas, Jail,
are not lodged very luxuriantiy.
Forty-two of them were rcte tly
confined in a small, dark room, f ur-
teen bv sixteen feet, many Of III N
being almost naked, and the apart
ment in a very filthy condition.
Recently swimn ing match was
arranged to take place at Eastbournc.
England, between a fisherman and
mastiff dog. But there was no race.
because the dog, once in the water
with the man, supposed his duty
there was to save the laiters life, and
persisted in bis endcavors 10 keep
the man afloat by thrusting his head
under his opponents elm.
Young Mr.. Brand, son of the
Speaker ofthe House ofComTons,w WAS
sworn in as member Of that body
on the 2Sth ult. Tie new member
was formally introduced to c Speak
er by Sir Erskine Ncay, and there
was an outburst of laughter when the
father, with a cordial shaking of the
, land, expressed himself as being hap
py at making the acquaintance.
The electric telegraph has another
,, prospective triumph in the discovery
! Of the practicabilty of laying asubma-
rine cable between China, Japan and
the coast Of the United States. Tho
! surroundings resulting in this discov-
: ery have been conducted under tho
orders of the Navy Department, by
Commander George +. Belknap, Of
the United States steamer Tuscarora.
The National Laborers' Union Of
England has been counting up the
cost Of supporting the agricultural
laborers in their strike, and finds
that in Suffolk alone over 800, 600
was expended, only 5000 of which
was collected in tha district. Near
" the whole amount went 10 the sup
: port of the men in idleness, for only
} about $500 was used to pay the ex-
r penses ofemigrants. Thus the money
did not relieve the labor market,
which was oyerstocked, and at the
end of the strike, unless other causes
we're Mt work TO create a greater de.
mand for labor, the workmen "ould
not be at all benefited by the help
> they had received.
r GoLD ~ WISCONSIN. Oconto, in
? Wisconsin, promises to rival the Black
Hills or any other gold mining dl--
trict in the country. The following
is from the Oconto Reporter: II Is an
;ndisnutable fact that gold in paying