Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-02-04

There seems to be . tidal wave Of
chicken-stealing just now,

just now
A Paris paper says: violence Is
better than chleroform."
The value Of orchard products in
Maine last year is estimated atsl,-
100000.
The hay crop of Maine last year il
put down at ,S06, 300 tons, valued
s24, 100000.
Fifteen thousand bushels of onions
were raised in Sunderland, Mass, last
year
Perseverance will obtain good cab
bage and lettuce where otherwise
nothing but thistles will grow.
Patience and attention Will bring
us far. II a cat watches long enough
at the mouse nest, the mouse shall
not escape.
A dutchman described New York
ers as "berry fine peoples" who ''go
about der streets sheating each oder,
and dey call dat Dizziness"
We must row with the oars wo
have as we cannot order the wind We
are obliged to sail with the wind that
God gives.
make the expenses less than the
income, aud the road to competency,
if not to wealth, is as plain ~ the
road to mill"
There is something noble about
goat which all boarders might initiate.
He is not particular what he feeds
upon.
"Sekretz," says Josh Billings, 'isa
bad lnvestment-if you pass il, yu
lo1e the principal, and it you keepit
yu lozc interest.
At this season, among things for
the real protection of woman, and at
the same time something that will
help to elevate them, are thick-soled
shoes.
One by one the roses fade. Iii is
now boldly denied that men who wear
long hair are possessed Of any more
talent than those who have it shipped
close.
For sport 20 to Texas. They have
parthers there thirteen feet long and
exceedingly vigorous; and If you
have no sport, the beasts certainly
will.
BY six qualities may fool be
known Anger without cause speech
without motive; inquiry without an
object; putting tlu.t in stranger;
and wanting capabilily 10 discriminate
between friend and foe
you're n fraud" ls a favorite ex-
preston with some young ladies.
Well, nine times out of ten they're
correct, and if they look in the glass
they'll see another.
A California temperance associa.
ton limits the beverage of its mem
bers to wine, beer and cider, lex
cept when laboring under sense Of
Encouragement, and then whisky viii
be allowed
According to the Alta Californian
the silk culture in that State is con-
sidered a failure, and it il believed
that the climate is in fault. The silk
worms perish before maturing the
cocoons.
A Chicago alderman tried for three
hours to think of George Washing.
toms last name. but he couldn't do il.
He said he knew it was George, and
that the man had something 10 do
with the Mexican wa, but he
couldn't remember further.--Detrok
Press.
Helen NJ. Coke writes that "kisses
on the brow are the richest diadem
a woman's soul aspires to- TO his
a Funny Fellow replies that he who
kisses a you g lady on her brow
while her rosy ups are making mo
tions like patent clothes wringer, il
not the man for the position.
There has been u separation he.
tween an up town lover and his sweet
heart. She presented him with her
photograph, which he, on his bended
knee, swore he would always wear
next to his heart. While making his
last sunday evening call, he pulled
out his handkerchief from biz back
pants pocket. when, 10! the photo
graph fell at his lady's feet. She
says he Is either liar or else his
heart is not in the right place.
The French Bishop of Canton has
sent to the Jariin d'Acclimation, at
Paris, plant whose flower changes
color three times day. II is spoken
Of as another wonderful evidence of
Chinese art IN leading nature out Of
her customary paths 1t is not more
remarkable than n floral freak Of
Southern Australia, beautiful flow
er, similar to our well-known morn
ing glory, with FIVE streaks Of color on
its bell shaped calyx. In the early
morning the color streaks are pale
blue, toward noon they turn tn a
rich purple tint, which changes To a
light pink in the afternoon. AZ the
day decliIes the color fades, disap-
pesring entirely after sunset, when
tae flower closes and dies.