The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-09-26
81 GENERAL n IsFTFFHEEsIf.

issued Invitations for . ''brealxfastn
and three-fourths Of the guests were
on hand before she was out Of bed.
Mrs. James Gallagher. q resident
Of Brooklyn. began sneezing the other
evening, and she had got the tally mp
TO 2.040 times when the doctors finally
found remedy.
The Cognac brandy grape, which
very much resembles the Champagne,
is a small white berry the juice Of
which, previous to distiliation. tastes
like very bad sour cider.
According to the society editor .of
a Clinton. Mo-. paper. the maid Of
honor at d recent wedding at that
place wore cream surah silk dress
with an empire sash and ''surplusn
waist.
Japanese oranges are as different
from our idea Of an orange as they can
wen boz separating from the peel
almost as easily as grape, dividing
into sections at the slightest pull.
each section like a separate fruit. and
dissolving in the mouth with flavor
of cherries. leaving no pulp behind.
The Maoris OF New Zealand.
while ut war with the English, in
variably sent a notice when they were
going to make an attack. ms if they
were coming on friendly visit and
desired things to be ready for them.
They thought it very strange that tho
English did not give them similar
notice.
"A horse while drawing a reaper
near Clinton. N. j.. recently bit off the
heads Of the standing wheat After
he had been at work about two hours
he suddenly dropped to the ground and
in five minutes was dead. An exam
ination was made and the back part OF
the. tongue was found to be full OF
wheat boards. On opening the throat
the boards were found in great quanti-
ties sticking through the windpipe.
from the effects of which it is believed
the animal choked to death.
The discussion consequent upon
the increase OF leprosy in the East
leads to curious conflicts OF opinion re-
garding its cluse. One authority de-
-elaees~it- to be beyond question the re-
suit OF hot and damp climate; an
other says it comes from bathing when
in d state Of perspiration; a third from
sitting in draught; fourth says
that it is hereditary; fifth that it
Is contagious, and SO is caught like
smallpox or scarlet fever, and another
accepts the sentiment OF the ancient
Jews, and asserts a belief in itsebeing
a punishment for sin. n.
There is young man working in
an office in Atlanta. Ca. who oncehad
a coffin bought for him. During the
war, when very young. he was thought
to be dying. A friend OF the family
passed his fathers house on his way
to the nearest place where caskets
were made. and, by request, ordered
one for the child. The lads mother,
however. refused to allow it to enter
her house, and the suggestive shaped
box remained on the fence post for
hours. The boy declined to die, and a
week later the coffin was buried with
out any corpse in it.
"A correspondent awho dined in Ja-
pan describes wildly the sensations
produced by eating raw fish: The
whole fish was there, his head and
shining blue eyes, his tail and fins,
but at a touch the shape came apart
and lay in thin slices upon the bones,
IA miracle OF the earxer,s art took
q chop-stick full. The first taste OF
caviare and onions is an event in q
hfotime; the unknown olive and pun
gent garlic have made episodes in
every career, but TO close the jaws on
q slice OF cold, raw fish, and have the
clammy. rubber-lilSe flesh culver and
slip under the teeth has horror pc
culiarly it's own. The sense of its be-
ing some thing lately dead. some thing
corpsy, is sickening. One slice filled
me almost to Overlooking, and con-
fined myself to the garnish.