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Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05

The book fair in New York closed
On Saturday; the managers announced
that it was successful beyond their
most sanguine expectations. 1t was
an experiment that was entered into
with some missgivings, but the re-
suit has proved that hereafter the
book fare will fully take the place OF
the trade sale, and that the publish
ers will be materially benefited by it.
The sales amounted to 100000.
The Association held Il dinner at the
St. James Hotel on Saturday even.
ing, at which about one hundred and
eighty publishers and booksellers were
present. 1t was merry gathering,
and wine, wit, and repartee flowed in
happy sanguinity.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05
NUMBER Is.
PRrcEs 100 YEARS Aeo.-In 1855

PRICES 120 YEARS Aoo.-In 1855
a young gentleman Of Massachusetts
had occasion to go from his home
near Waltham to Ne exark, ". j. to.
matriculate in the College of New
jersey, and return home upon horse-
hack. He kept a diary, and in that
diarv all his expenses were scrupu-
lously written down. The voyage
was made aboard a sloor. Five quarts
of New England rum at 81 cents a
gallon a dozen chickens for 81; q
quarter ofa pound of tea at 81
pound two pounds of loaf sugar at
"a cents a pound nearly two dozen
lemons and three pounds OF butter at
16 cents were taken. The passage
money to New York, the trip lasting
Is days, was $3.50. Soon after his
arrival. and less than a month after
his former purchase, our divinity stu
dent buys another gallon of New
England rum. a barrel of cider
which he buys costs s1.75; a horse
and chaise to the falls, 81 4; cooked hat
S5; board was so cents a week, and
hickory wood $3.50 per cord. His
graduation breeches cost for materi-
ais S., 80; making, 75 cents; college
bills, $40.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05

If the Chicago Tribune is to be be-
lieved, there is in existence in that
city more knavery than in any other
city of its pretensions. The Times
saws: "1hat certain men on the po
lice force have an understanding with
criminals; that a well known detect
i've is the intermediate between gam
blers and bunko operators Oh the one
side, and police officials on the other;
that official appointments around the
City Hall aie frequently made for
paw; that Alderman have mortgaged
their places, and paid in some cases,
as much at s., 900 to secure their elec,
tion to a position without a salary,
and from which they have grown
comparatively wealthy in two years
that certain gamblers are protected,
and certain Others are ''pulled"-are
facts."
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05
POetica1
LABOR

Toll swings the axe, and forests bow;
The seeds break out in radiant bloom,
Rich harvests smile behind the pl0w,
And cities cluster round the loom,
Where towering domes and tapering spire
Adorn the vale and crown the hill,
Stout Labor lights its beacon fires,
And plumes with smoke the forge and mill
The morarch oak, the woodland pride,
whose trunk is scanned with lightning
scars,
Toll launches on the restless tide,
And there unroll the nag OF stars
The engine with his lungs Of name,
And ribs Of brass and joints OF steel.
From Labox's plastic Angers came,
Win sobbing valve and whirling wheel,
IT'S labor works the magic press,
And turns the crank In hives OF toll,
And beckons angels down TO bless
Industrious hands on sea and soil,
Here sun-brOwned toll, with shining spade
Links lake to lake with silver ties,
Strung thick with palaces OF trade,
And temples towering to the skies.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05


81 think | have seen you before,
air Are. you not Owen Smith p "Oh
yea. I'm OWN Smith, and OWN
Jones, and OWN Brown, and OWN
everybody"
This hasn't been a good season for
circuses thus far. Five different cir
cuses have been dissolved and the
lion gOeth about mourning for his
leg o mutton.
"Therep exclaims the Indignant
Boston wife, as she fetches her hus.
band a resonant whack on the h al
with n chair-rocker. "ll raise a Bun
ker Hill monument Oh you that
you'll remember
Not long since premium was Off
erei by an agricultural society for
the best mode of irrigation, aud the
latter word, by mistake of the prin-
ter, having been changed to 'irrita-
ton" farmer sent his wife 10 gain
the prize.
The great fshway at Holyoke
dam, which cost Massachusetts, SO,
600, proves a failure, for no: a shad
has gone up it this season. The way,
it appears, was made 90 intricate that
each FISH would need a pilot or 4
chart 10 show him the way through
it, and it is estimated would wear
out a cast iron tail in making the ~
cent.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05

GIVE Us Their NAMES Fred
erick Douglass, in a recent speech,
referred to the failure of the Freed
mans Savings Blnk in Washington.
1--WE put our mi lions there" he said,
"but where are they now? The men
who went into the bank few years
ago poor men are now dom ciled in
beautiful houses and drive their fine
turn-outs. 1t makes me feel badly
to think how we have been robbed"
We should think 1t would 1t is n
feeling in which the country viii
share. The failure of the Freedman's
Savings Bank was most disgraceful
in every wav. IL was n deliberate.
cold-blooded, shameful robbery of Il
dependent, poor, and struggling race
"a robbery under the guise OF NOR
atty and religion. Give us the names
Of these robbers! Mr. Duglass must
know them, because he speaks Of their
houses and coaches. Let him give
US their names, that they may be
nailed up by the ears in fostering in
famy.-N T. Herald.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05

Mr.. Rufiner, State Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction. has long
letter in the Uristiaa Advocate con-
cerning negro education. He holds
that the Southern people are under
no obligation 10 educate negroes be-
cause they were once held rs slaves,
for, as he puts it, "the negroes got
more benefit from slavery than did
the whites" )" But he considers that
they should be educated as matter
of State policy, because, being edu.
Gated, "they will become more virtu-
Gus, honest, and industrious; more
reliable, and more skillful; more
modest, more Independent, more
thoughtful. They will be better SER
wants, better neighbors, better citi-
zens, better Christians" Slavery, it
is contended, was the best form of
government for them in the infancy
of their civilization, but enfranchised
as they now are. they must be edu-
Gated for their own and the public
good. Richmond Enquirer.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05

DGAMONDs FALLING II VALUE
Never was there such a falling off in
the price Of diamonds rs there has
been in the case of those sent by the
Khedive TO the Collector Of the
Port of New York to keep for
Minnie Sherman Fitch. When hey
first came they were regarded as dirt.
cheap at 500, 900, and now the Je,c-
eler's Circular says: "The estimates
of the value OF these jewels have
been exaggerated beyond all prece-
dent, and $4,000 really represents
the most liberal valuation that can
be put upon them, the number and
size of the diamonds are so counter
balanced by their off.colOr."
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05
DESCRIPTION.

He swore In sight OF God
And man, TO preach his master, Jesus Christ
Yet preached himself: he swOre that love of soul:
Alone had drawn him TO the church:
He swore
Away all love Of lucre, all desire
or earthly pomp, and yet prlncely seat
He liked, and TO the clink OF Mammon's box
Gave most rapaci0us ear:
He with pntempered mortar daubed the walls
OF Zion, saying Peace, when there was none.
The man who came with thirsty soul 10 hear
OF Jesus, went away unsatisned:
For he another gospel preached than Paul,
And one that had no Saviour int. And yet
His life was worse. Faith, charity, and love,
Humility, forgiveness, holiness,
Were words well lettered in his sabbath creed.
But with his life he wrote as plain-reyenge,
Pride, tyranny, and lust Of wealth and power
Inordinate, and lewdness unashamed.
He was q wolf in clothing Of the lamb,
That stole into the fold Of God, and on
The blood of souls which he did sell to death,
Grew fat: and yet when any would have turned
Him out, he cried Touch not the priest OF God
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05
PUGNAcroUs MocK1NG BIRDS

PUGNAcroUs MoCKrNG BIRps.-
Dallas, Texas, boasts of a number of
fine mocking birds living in the trees
and shrubbery of the town. Among
the number is a wonderful fighting
bird. Its venom and spleen seem to
be directed especially against the ours
of the neighborhood-ihe larger the
more vigorous the attack. The bird
alights on the back of the dog and
screams and picks at the poor dog,
who does not seem 10 understand how
to repel an attack. 1t is amusing to
see how some ofthc cowardly ours
will track their tails between their.
hind leg. and beat a hasty retreat,
while some of the courageous will
make an effort to resist by swapping
at the bird. which will hover above
the dog three or four feet, and the
minute he attempts to move the bird
pounces on him again-and the bird
always comes off victorious.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05

A CURE FOR SooTY CmMSEYs.-
F. c. X. says: "About fifteen years
ago, a dwelling was raised ono story
higher, ard a chimney had also to be
raised some feet higher; and as the
chimney was built up, it was plaster
ed on the inside with salt mortar, to
prevent the adhesion Of the SCOT. The
result is that the part plastered with
salt mortar is white and clean to this
day, while the other part gets filed
with SCOT up to the very line where
the salted part begins, and has to be
cleaned each year, the chimney being
in almost constant use. The proper
tions used were ole peck of salt, adj
ded while tempering, to three pecks
OF mortar. .-.Scientifc american.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05
WoRx on THE MARROW GAUGE

WoHX on THE MARROW GAUGE
RAILRoAD.-It would seem that ac'
tive steps are low being taking by
Major Borst, the President of the
Washington, Cincinnati & St. Louis
Railroad Narrow Gauge to grade
that road between the point in Rock
ingham county to which the grading
has been completed to Montery, the
county seat of Highland county. He
has contracted with the Governor foi
the labor of 300 convicts to work up
on that portion of the road, 30 Of
whom were sent on Saturday week
By Railroad to Buffalo Gap, whence
they were marcheo under guard t.
Highland county.-Greesbrier Ind.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05
DrcKryc FOR DucKrNG.-A paI

DUCKING FOR DuCKING.-A par
| ty of rough miners near White Pine,
away out West, played rather Sc
! we're joke upon a green hand, one
Perley, and had afterwards occasion
to regret their fun. Perley and the
rest went to a dance, and the boys
feeling rather well, concluded %
duck Perley in a running brook.
When he came out he was shivering
like a cat pulled from well. Per-
ley said little, but thought great
deal and waited. The dance over
the party camped out for the night,
and then Perley rose for revenge. He
took the cook into his confidence,
paying for his assistance, and then
did some more waiting. Much whis-
key made the miners drowsy, and
they were soon all lying on the ground
sleeping soundly. Then Perley and
the cook went out into the darkness.
The former had matured his plan of
vengeance. The plan was to so turn
the mountain torrent from its natu-
channel that it would whelm the
sleepers below. 1t was no slight
task they had undertaken, but one
was laboriRg for money and the other
for revenge. 1t was nearly morning
when tho dam was completed and
all ready to let the water into the new
channel. The final blows were given
and the chatting stream escaped into
the new channel a roaming torrent.
1t ragged down upon the sleeping mi
ners in the tent and went over them
as the waters did over Pharaoh and
his hosts. Tents, provisions and tools
went, and the miners, half drowned,
escaped to land with difficulty.
When morning came, Perley and
the cook were gone, and n band of
wet miners sat upon the bank, very
melancholy and full of sorrow. Per-
lev was more than even with them.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05

Here is something that should be
more generally known. 1t is said that
bed bugs will live year without all
or food, if placed in hermetically
sealed bottle. Persons who desire tc
keep their bed bugs over without feed
ing them, will do well to remember
this. The march of scientific research
is ever onward.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05

Women require more sleep than
men, and farmers less than those en-,
gagged in any other occupation. Edi-
tors, reporters, printers, and telegraph
operators require no sleep at all
Lawyers can sleep as much as they
choose, as they will thus be kept out
of mischief. Clergymen are allowed
to sleep u hours day, and to put
their parishes to sleep once week.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05

An old lady observing a sailor GO
ing by her door, and supposing it to be
her son Billy, cried out to him, "Bil'
", where is my COW gone!" The sal
lor cried in a contemptuous manner,
"Gone to the d, suppose.
"Well, as you are going that way
said the old lady, Il wish you would
just let down the bars
The man who won't take a paper
because he can borrow one, has in
vented a machine with which he can
cook his dinner by the smoke Of hi'
ncighbor's chimney.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05

The latest attempt to hurt the feel
inss editorial, is in this current story;
"Are you connected with a paper
here p asked a countryman of an In
mate of the Indiana Insane Asylum.
"Oh! no, was the reply. have been
in the insane asylum aud cured; a
man never runs newspaper after he
is cured.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05

An exchange says: Grants letter
reminds us of the maid whom a mis-
chievous by asked for kiss. She
said: "Young, man, | don't think il
at all proper. but being as how | don't
like to hurt the vorng mems feelings,
7 never refuses
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05
RAILROAD LINES.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
Excursion Tickets!
TRIP AND RETURN rIcxr

TRIP AND RETURN TICKETS
az Reduced Rates, over the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway, TO White sulphur, and all the cele-
brated springs and places OF fashionable resort
In the mountains OF West Virginia, have been
placed for sale at the Railway Ticket once.
On and after June 18th, 1875, passenger
trains will run as follows:
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05
FROM HUNTINGTON,
q. IL A. NJ. ExureSs eSsTraiu-DAILY,f fol

8: Is A. M. Express Train-DAILY, for
Charleston. Kanawha Falls. Hinton, White Sui
phur GOvingtOn. Goshen. StauntOn, CharlOttes-
vile, GOrtlOnSvilie and Richmond. This train
connects at Charlottesville, for Lynchburg,
Bristol and Chattanooga; at GOrtiOnsville for
Alexandria. Washington, Baltimore, and the
North and at Richmond Tor Petersburg, Norfolk,
Weldon. Raleigh. Danville, Charlotte, Green's
bOrO. Columbia, Augusta, Savannah, Charles
ton, New Orleans, and all points South.
Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05
NORTH BOUND. Mail Train. Express.
Mixed TI.nin.
WarrentOn Branch.
NIanaSsnS Division

Connection between Wlrrent0n Cni Main Line
90 and from North and south bound NAL ahu
SOuth bound Express Trains.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-11-18
Educating Horses.

Horses can be educated to the extent
Of their understandings as well as chill
drcn, and can be as easily damaged or
ruined by bad management. We believe
that the great difference found in horses
a. 10 vicious habits or reliability comes
more from the different management of
men than from variance of natural dispo-
sition In the animals. Horses with high
nettle are more easily educated than those
Of less or dull spirits, and are more sus-
ceptble to ill-training, and consequently
may be as good or bad according to the
education they receive.
Horses with dull spirits are not by any
means proof against bad management, for
in them may often be found the most pro
roking obstinacy; vicious habits of differ
emf characters that render them almost
entirely worthless. Could the coming gen.
erstions of horses in this country be kept
from their days of colthood to the age OF
/ Eve years in the hands of good, careful
managers, there would be seen a vast diff
ference in the general characters of the
noble animals.
Iacolt is never allowed to get an adj
vantage IL will never know that II pos
ssses power that man cannot control,
and If made familiar with strange objects
Il will not be skittish and nervous. If a
horse is made accustomed from his early
days to have objects hit him on the heels,
\ back and hips, he will pay no attention TO
the giving out of a harness or of wagon,
u running against him at an unexpected mo-
81 ment
We once saw an aged lady drive high
spirited horse attached to carriage down
steep hill with no hold-back straps
upon the harness, and she assured US that
there was no danger, for her son aecus-
toned his horses to all kinds of usages
and sights that commonly drive the ami
NAL into frenzy of fear and excitement.
A gun can be fired from the back of a
hore, an umbrella held over his head, a
| bufalo-robe thrown over his neck, rail-
| nsd engine pass close by, his heels
Bumped with sticks, and the animal take
tall as natural condition of things If
only taught by careful management that
be will not be injured thereby. There is
great need of improvement in the manage
ment Of this noble animal; less beating
wanted and more of education.-In-D Door
asd Out
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-11-18

for the moisture our arabic crops need,
and the means of supplying this necessary
element artificially Is beginning TO be
earnestly sought after by agriculturists in
many places.
The atmosphere yields nitrogen. and de-
caying organic matter in the soil yields
nitrogen. As it is not prudent to trust TO
the former source alone, we must seek 10
keep a supply always on hand in the soil.
And il is of the first importance TO provide
il for the young plant in its earlier stages
of growth, for Its presence aids the forma-
ton of cells, roots ana leaves and thus II
gives the young plant vigorous start. Ii
Is stated by Weiska that the nitrogen left
upon the soil by the stubble and roots of a
good average crop per acre of red clover
amounts to $50 pounds; of lupine, to fifty
eight pounds; of peas, to fifty-three
pounds; of buckwheat. to forty-fve: of
rye, sixty-two pounds ;of oats, twenty five
barley, Twenty-Five; of wheat, twenty-five
pounds. These figures correspond with
the practical experience of most farmers
who have taken any pains TO observe and
compare the results of their varied farm
operations. 1t Is apparent from these ex-
periments of DR. Weiska that clover,
peas, buckwheat, rye, etc, enrich the soil
with heterogeneous plant food, and should
be introduced into all rotations as frequent
ly as possible.
Yet further, we cannot rely on these
crops for full supply of nitrogen as plant
food We cannot dispense with stable
manure in the course of single rotation
and expect to get maximum crops every
year and keep the soil fully up to the
highest standard of profit and excellence.
If we do we neglect one of the most
essential conditions of any rotation. A
rotation without manure is not a proper
rotation. Detroit Tribune.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-11-18
The Rotation OF Crops.

What should be the purpose of a rota-
ton of crops? Should it be to take out
Of the soil every element which can sup
port vegetation, or should 1t be the object
10 fill the soil with these elemcntsr To
restore, to improve, to make the land more
poductiveg
No farmer will admit that he Is exhaust
Ing his land, though he may be Obliged to
acknowledge that he does not get as large
crops as he once did What is the reason
for thisg 1t Is because some element OF
fertility, or elements, have been used out
! and the land cannot turn out so large q
rOwth. A prosperous, vigorous plant
NAY be compared to prosperous man.
A. a man grows in wealth and finds him.
slf surrounded with an abundance OF the
Means of life his wants increase rapidly,
and as he reaches out and finds plenty
within easy grasp new wants grow out,
and everywhere they find sustenance and
grati6cation. A plant In rich soil
seems to desire TO take up all within Its
feach--it sends out new roots, double the
number it would If II grew In poor, thin
soll--and grasps and consumes and pro-
duoes heavy yield 1t il the purpose OF
S"ou, pfUptf IOIhtiOu Va hctP nt
soil In this condition, and this should
De the purpose OF good farming every
where.
AS the most important element in the
growth Of plants Is nitrogen the first OBJ
lect In any rotation should be to see that
those plants which yield this in greatest
quantities should be introduced most freely
and often. The air and the soil are the
store-houses of nitrogen in the forms of
ammonia and nitric acid. Seventy seven
parts by weight of the atmosphere Is
nitrogen; and among agricultural chem
Isis there Is perfect agreement as to the
atmosphere being a source OF nitrogen as
plant food. Different plants require diff
lerent proportions Of nitrogen; but when
we undertake to grow maximum crops
throughout rotation we must by some
afuncial means supply a portion OF the
nitrogen required.
=, IN some seasons and In some localities
we atmosphere would supply all the nj.
uogen crop might need, yet it would
MOI be prudent to trust such favoring com
5lnations. 1t is getting to be more than a
dubious experiment to trust TO the seasons
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-11-18
.o.r Farm AND GARDEN.

- composed of teaspoonful OF
"A ,.orax 10 a pint of water is most
powder reep on the dressing table for
eIceliens Nd ali sorts of eruptions of the
dsnalOcG or. Prairie Farmer.
sAiA rvervone can make his own troches
me.,;ng this recipe, given in the
By iolIo oJ. One ounce pulverized cubebs,
Hesse nuIyerized licorice, one ounce
one ou rad gum arabic, one-half pound
puiselsJ sugar, Just water enough to
p-lvel'w arm slightly, turing constant
n IN hin. and cut out swith a thimble
snddry. ur.;a, e. a.
"A roth then add by degrees one gill
s SUI heat them well together; season
o. ci With pepper and salt to taste.
ne 20 sss.dv one dozen fine oysters; cut
nm i half and pour the egg into pan
ute ~. butter and drop the oysters over 1t
y s S as possible. Fry light brown
anu Corn =, fed hens do not lay in winter, for
.;mnle reason there isn't any albumen
1sr;.I IN the corn. When wheat is fed
i fat enough in it to supply all that
s.ssded for the yolk and gluten enough
Ike the white and lime enough to fur
- he shell; it does not thus seem diff
- % understand why corn-fed hens
I'D not lay, as they do not, and why
lated hens should lay, as they do
Ohio Farmer.
A Salem horse suffering with the cpl
.,,tc rot hold of some onions, the other
~ and he was made 50 much better that
are quarts more were fed him, and he
s-,irely recovered. A Boston man has
snred his horses by following this pre-
.sription: Give the horse five drops of
sconite, followed in two hours by five
Srops Of belladona; keep him quiet, with
nose diet, and after the third day he will
he able 10 work.
in the growing of house-plants moth
inc is more important than the soil in
which they are planted. One should pay
NO attention to those complicated prepare
ions which 1t would puzzle profession
Al man 10 make. A compost for plants
wants age, like wine, to be good. All
that is needed are soda and manure. Leaf
mold from timbered lands is as good as
soda. Let these be turned over and over
for year until they are completely fined
down. Use this for everything grown in
the house-Detrott Tribune.