The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-11-28
or GENERAL INTEREST.

"A tin peddler who travels through
Canada can exhibit forty-one scars
where farmers dogs have taken hold
Of him to see whether he was . dummy
or live man.
"A girl Of afteen, Of Remove. Pa.
became insane Immediately after
drinking q glass Of ice water . few
days ago, and died soon after The
doctor attributed the result to the
effect Of ice water on her brain.
From the general appearance Of
the vegetation, together with discus
sion Of the origin and relation Of the
fora, it is concluded by eminent
botanists that Greenland is not a
European province from the point Of
botanical geography, but has nearer
relations to America
The county Of Custer, in Montana,
Is the largest county in the United
States. 1t contains Is, 569, 800 acres,
and is $50 miles long and 125 miles
wide. It Is place Of historic interest,
containing, as it does, the site Of the
great battle Of the Little Big Horn.
where Custer and his forces were mas
sacred.
After considerable letter-writing
in the press, the crusade against the
game Of s.tip-cat, y the street arabs
cricket, which can be seen in the
streets Of New York as well as in Lon
don, was begun by the arrangement
Of q boy at Westminster charged with
''wantonly discharging, to the COM
mon danger, missile called a cat. 7"
LOT the many uses Of electricity
perhaps the most novel is its employ
ment in India to kill snakes. Before
all the doors and around the
house two wires are laid. isolated
from each other and connected with
an induction apparatus. When the
snake attempts to enter the house he
complets the circuit and is killed by
| the shock.
-Whiskers, correctly speaking. are
only that portion of a mans facial hair
which is worn on each side Of his face,
while the rest is shaver clean. A
| man with a full beard can not be said
to wear whiskers. As the very name
indicates, the appendages are frag-
ments of beard. The American
barber has almost lost the art OIL
trimming boards. they are now SC
| little worn in this country.
-Women's rights are sometimes
imagined to be acknowledged only in
Christian countries. Uganda, in Cen
trail Africa, is certainly an exception
to the rule, If it is a rule. Here is 8
passage in proof from Mr.. Ashes new
book on that country: ''Sometimes
women hoeing near the roadside will
capture a passer-by, and. on pain Of q
severe castigation or of robbing him
will make him take a turn while they
have a smoke. "
Probably one railroad ticket never
carried a larger party out OF Main thar
did one sold in Saco recently, ant
every thing was fair and above-board
The party consisted of young WON
an and her seven children, whose ages
ranged from one to eight years. Wher
the family were arranged, with@tht
lady, the baby. twins about two years
old. and another child, another pair o
twins and some miscellaneous baggag,
opposite them. they formed an inter
esting group.
1t is said that the owners of the
fremont Theater, of Boston, anxious
to determine the correctpronunciatioI
Of the name of their house. recently
consulted the professor of English
literature at Harvard, who decided
that it should be pronounced Ire
mont. the Q being short. and the &C
cent on the last syllable ..Perhap
he is right remarks the Boston
Transcript, .'bpt as the word is no
English, but is a fine specimen o
Bostonese Latin, his Judgment is no
| infallible. In the fancy Latin OF thes
days it would be Tra-mont. But TO
years and years hackmen have shoutet
at the railroad stations. 'Treemon
House without losing license."
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