Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-04-16
Varieties Of All Kinds

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in Prussia.
Three newspapers in Iowa are edi
ted by ladies.
The legal price Of a kiss in Mil
waukee is $40. 4a -
California has had wet winter and
crops have suffered proportionately.
II is said that one half of the chill
dren in st. Louis do not attend
school.
The word "femalestromr has been
added to the vocabulary of the liquor
crusade.
An Iowa man has recovered thir.
teen cents damages for having been
called q fraud. "
Colored silk pocket handkerchiefs
for ladies have come into fashion in
New York. tetr
A Missouri man offers to live for
ty days without food if ANY one will
give him $500.
Seventeen couples in Debuque are
waiting the advent of easy times be-
fore marrying. .r,
Butter is fifty cents a pound, but
cream doesn'. rise worth a cent OH
the milkman's milk.
1t need only cost about 1925 to be
cremated. How much cheaper than
even fifth class burial.
At a recent murder trial in Ken
lucky, 800 men were summoned before
twelve eligible jurors could be obtain
ed.
Michigan has so large an unexpend-
ed balance in its treasury, that it
thinks no taxes will be needed this
year.
Strikes are generally injurious TO
all parties involved, but to none so
injurious as TO the strikers them
selves.
One Of the jurymen in the Itch
borne case lost $4,000 by dishon-
est cashier while he was engaged up
on the case.
Three children of j. G. Edwards,
OF Cambridge, Illinois, have been
dangerously sick from the use ofma
ufactured syrups.
A Chicago man writes that Paris
differs from his native city, in that
prolonged courtship is not tolerated
in the French capital.
The Scientific american predicts
that the time is approaching, when
ice will be artifcialiy made in every
American city, for 81 ton.
An Iowa jury recently de cided that
when a marriage engagement is blo-
ken oil, the parties must return all
presents, or their value in money.
A question of precedence is troubl irg
Cincinnati. The trouble is wheth-
or an Alderman's wife ranks higher
than the wife of Country Recor-
der.
1t is ssaid that the strings and tapes
needful for the proper arrangement
of the new shirts are as numerous and
intricate as the running rigging of
clipper ship.
Some people in Illinois, who have
evidently known what il is to pay
ten dollars for five cent pen-wipers,
have petiiioned the Legislature to
abolish church fairs.
Many of the New York milliners
find it necessary to issue cards for
their opening receptions TO prevent
rivals in trade visiting their establish
ments aud stealing ideas.
Bowling alleys and billiard saloons
are the iavOrite battle-felds Of the
female crusaders in the west. 0bvi.
ously, those are the best places in
which to keep the ball rolling.
A gentleman in New York, who
favors Darwinism, SAYS that when in
India, many years ago, he possessed
a monkey that opened oysters with
skill and swallowed them with avidi-
ty.
A young woman in Manchester,
Iowa, the fourth day after her mar
riage, met an old lover, who persus-
ded her to elope with him, and the
couple have not been heard from
since
In connection with the quality Of
liquors dispensed at many bars, it
may be interesting to some persons
to know that manufacturer Of Bit
tiers processes 10 have invented
kind that twill put an entirely new
coat on the stomach
Two Detroit girls have been arres-
ted for getting on locomotive, open
ing the throttle valve and starting the
machine. They then jumped off,
but the engine ran through freight
train, doing 500 damages.
When the ladies Of Tullahoma,
Tenn, began singing in front of
liquor store, the barkcepcr set out
bottle with fuse attached and ligh.-
ed it. Fearing it might be powder
or Jersey whisky, the ladies retreat
ed.
The great bell Of the Cologne Caihe-
dral, named the Emperor William"
has just been finished, and is said To
be the largest bell in the world. II
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